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しょくよく 食欲
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Noun
1. appetite (for food)​
Wikipedia definition
2. Appetite​Appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite exists in all higher life-forms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. It is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Decreased desire to eat is termed anorexia, while polyphagia (or "hyperphagia") is increased eating. Dysregulation of appetite contributes to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, cachexia, overeating, and binge eating disorder.
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Other forms
食慾 【しょくよく】
Notes
食慾: Rarely-used kanji form.

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