different between appetite vs ghrelin

English

Etymology

From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.?.ta?t/
• Homophone: apatite

Noun

appetite (countable and uncountable, plural appetites)

1. Desire to eat food or consume drink.
   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter:

     And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.
2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

   • If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   appetite for reading

   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.

Synonyms

• craving, longing, desire, appetency, passion

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• appetite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• appetite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• appetite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

appetite

1. second-person plural present indicative of appetire
2. second-person plural imperative of appetire

Participle

appetite

1. feminine plural of the past participle of appetire

Latin

Verb

appetite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of appet?

English

Etymology

From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) +? -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /????l?n/
• Rhymes: -?l?n
• Hyphenation: ghre?lin

Noun

ghrelin (usually uncountable, plural ghrelins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. [from 1999]

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Translations

See also

• leptin
• obestatin

References

Further reading

• ghrelin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• herling