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Definition of Inappetence
1. n. Want of appetency; want of desire.
Definition of Inappetence
1. Noun. A lack of appetite ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inappetence
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inappetence
1. Lack of desire or of craving. Origin: L. In-neg. + ap-peto, pp. -petitus, to strive after, long for (ADP-) (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inappetence
Literary usage of Inappetence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruoff's Repertory of Homoeopathic Medicine: Nosologically Arranged by A. J. Fridericus Ruoff, Gideon Humphrey (1845)
"... foul coated tongue, inappetence, pressure in the stomach, Ant. crud. xi. ...
increased during the hot stage—pains in the gastric region, inappetence, ..."
2. Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Samuel Johnson (1892)
"hope, little violent pain, but is wearing out by torpid inappetence * and wearisome
decay; but all the powers of her mind are in their full vigour, ..."
3. A System of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal by William Leishman (1876)
"Again, there succeeds to the rut a period of inappetence, when not only does the
female refuse the male, but in some cases no semen is, as we have seen, ..."
4. The British Critic: A New Review (1825)
"Here then we see the mercy of God in allotting to age an inappetence for the ...
inappetence, not only proportionate to the probable decline of power in ..."
5. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1900)
"Causes : Symptoms : Moping apart, inappetence, tympany, hard masses in rumen,
constipation, ... Moping alone in place of following the flock, inappetence, ..."
6. Swine Diseases by Albert Thomas Kinsley (1914)
"There is inappetence, increased thirst, rise of temperature, constipation succeeded
by ... Unthriftiness, irregular appetite or inappetence, weakness, ..."
7. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"Exhaustion from starvation inappetence, in-ap'-et-eta. Loss or want of appetite.
... See inappetence. Inarticulate, in-ar-tik'-u-lat. 1. ..."
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