hyperphagia
/hʌɪpəˈfeɪdʒɪə
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
An abnormally great desire for food; excessive eating.Preparation for migration and for winter requires a period of hyperphagia and a laying down of fat reserves....
- Although hyperphagia is well documented during and prior to migration, it is not known whether it persists until birds reach their breeding grounds.
- Children with Prader-Willi syndrome show extreme hyperphagia and obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Origin
1940s: modern Latin, from hyper- + Greek phagia 'eating' (from phagein 'eat').
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