different between appetite vs phenylpropanolamine

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

Noun

phenylpropanolamine (countable and uncountable, plural phenylpropanolamines)

1. (pharmacology) An adrenergic drug used to relieve allergic reactions, to treat respiratory infections and to suppress the appetite.

Synonyms

• norephedrine
• oxyamphetamine