英语词汇“appestat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

appestat

/ˈapɪstat

noun Physiology

The region of the hypothalamus of the brain which is believed to control a person’s appetite for food.The entire regulatory apparatus is sometimes called the ‘appestat’ on the analogy of a thermostat, which regulates temperature....

Just as a thermostat regulates the temperature in your house, the appestat regulates the appetite control.
This is because their appestat tells them to keep eating because the food in their diet lacks nutritional value.

Origin

1950s: from appetite, probably on the pattern of thermostat.

单词	appestat
释义	appestat /ˈapɪstat / noun Physiology The region of the hypothalamus of the brain which is believed to control a person’s appetite for food.The entire regulatory apparatus is sometimes called the ‘appestat’ on the analogy of a thermostat, which regulates temperature.... Just as a thermostat regulates the temperature in your house, the appestat regulates the appetite control. This is because their appestat tells them to keep eating because the food in their diet lacks nutritional value. Origin 1950s: from appetite, probably on the pattern of thermostat.
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