POSTPRANDIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postprandial mean? 

• POSTPRANDIAL (adjective)
  The adjective POSTPRANDIAL has 1 sense:

1. following a meal (especially dinner)

  Familiarity information: POSTPRANDIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTPRANDIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Following a meal (especially dinner)

Context example:

took a postprandial walk

Antonym:

preprandial (preceding a meal (especially dinner))

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes galanin receptor type 2 protein, is involved in the regulation of several processes including, neuromodulation, growth hormone secretion, heart rate, and postprandial gastrointestinal motility.

(GALR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Typically administered twice a day, insulin 70/30 controls postprandial glycemia and allows convenient mealtime dosing.

(Insulin, 70/30, NCI Thesaurus)

Galanin is an important neuromodulator, a 30-amino acid non-C-terminally amidated peptide that potently stimulates growth hormone secretion, inhibits cardiac vagal slowing of heart rate, abolishes sinus arrhythmia, and inhibits postprandial gastrointestinal motility.

(Galanin Receptor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This prolongs incretin activity, increases postprandial insulin release, decreases glucagon release, delays gastric emptying and lowers blood glucose levels.

(Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the breakdown of larger carbohydrates into glucose and decreases the rise in postprandial blood glucose levels.

(Acarbose, NCI Thesaurus)