Sign or Symptom
hunger Audio
hun·ger [ huhng-ger ]
Subclass of:
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Intrinsic drive
Definitions related to hunger:
  • Normal drive for nutrients; do not confuse with STARVATION.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The desire for FOOD generated by a sensation arising from the lack of food in the STOMACH.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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