n.
- An excessive or pathological desire to eat.
- Zoology. The habit of feeding on many different kinds of food.
polyphagia
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pol·y·pha·gi·a (pŏl'ē-fā'jē-ə, -jə)  also po·lyph·a·gy
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(pə-lĭf'ə-jē)
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(pol-ee-FAY-jee-uh)
noun
1. Excessive appetite or eating.
2. The habit of feeding on many kinds of food.
Etymology
From Modern Latin, from Greek polyphagia, from polyphagos, from poly- (much, many) + phagy (eating).
"Various diseases, drugs and even stress can cause polyphagia. Your first step should be to have Buster examined by your veterinarian and have the caloric intake calculated." — Bernhard Pukay; Various Things Can Make Puppy Eat Like a Pig; The Ottawa Citizen (Canada); Jan 27, 2003.
| Food and Nutrition: polyphagia |
Excessive or continuous eating.
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Excessive ingestion of food. Polyphagia is a permanent objective with food animals in which carbohydrate engorgement and gastric dilatation are constant threats to health. In companion animals it may be a sign of metabolic disease in which the nutritional requirements of the subject are greater than normal. See also diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, cushing's syndrome.
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In biology, "polyphagia" is a type of phagy, referring to an animal that feeds on many kinds of food.
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| ICD-10 | R63.2 |
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| ICD-9 | 783.6 |
Polyphagia means "eating too much." It derives from the Greek words πολύ (poli) which means "very much", and φαΐ (fai) which means "food".[1]
In medicine, polyphagia (sometimes known as hyperphagia) is a medical sign meaning excessive hunger and abnormally large intake of solids by mouth.
Disorders such as Kleine Levin Syndrome (a malfunction in the hypothalamus) or the genetic disorders Prader-Willi Syndrome and Bardet Biedl Syndrome can cause a hyperphagia (compulsive hunger).
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