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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The area in the brain that is believed to regulate appetite and food intake.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The area of the brain (possibly in the hypothalamus) supposed to control appetite and regulate food intake

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[appe(tite) + –stat.]

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