SATIETY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satiety mean? 

• SATIETY (noun)
  The noun SATIETY has 1 sense:

1. the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

  Familiarity information: SATIETY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATIETY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

repletion; satiation; satiety

Hypernyms ("satiety" is a kind of...):

fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)

 Context examples 

The results obtained regarding the levels of satiety were very positive in the case of the cereal-based bread.

(Researchers reveal potential of bread that suppresses appetite, University of Granada)

Increased beta-oxidation may enhance body weight loss, suppress body fat accumulation and lower serum triacylglycerol levels through increasing satiety.

(Diacylglycerol, NCI Thesaurus)

However, study leader Pfluger is confident, "The satiety hormone leptin in humans and the mouse is almost identical, so celastrol has great potential."

(German scientists find potential treatment for obesity, Agência Brasil)

This protein is involved in satiety, thirst and anxiety and regulating growth hormone release.

(Appetite-Regulating Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in regulating growth hormone release and satiety, thirst and anxiety.

(GHRL Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes appetite-regulating hormone protein, plays a role in satiety, thirst and anxiety and regulating growth hormone release.

(GHRL wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

By mimicking amylin, davalintide, which has a half-life similar to amylin, slows gastric emptying, inhibits digestive secretions (gastric acid, pancreatic enzymes, and bile), reduces glucagon secretion, and increases satiety.

(Davalintide, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes leptin receptor protein, plays a role in the regulation of adipose-tissue mass through hypothalamic effects on satiety and energy expenditure.

(LEPR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Normally, those affected lose their satiety because the corresponding hormone leptin no longer works. The drug celastrol restores leptin sensitivity and hence satiety."

(German scientists find potential treatment for obesity, Agência Brasil)