
adj.
Following a meal, especially dinner: took a postprandial walk through the woods.
postprandially post·pran'di·al·ly adv.
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Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:
postprandial |
Occurring after a meal.
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postprandial |
After eating. Called also postcibal.
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Postprandial (noun form: postprandium) means after eating a meal[1] while preprandial is before a meal.
This term is used in many contexts but also in relation to blood sugar (or blood glucose) levels, which are normally measured 2 hours after and before eating in a postprandial glucose test. For example, the American Diabetes Association recommends a postprandial glucose level under 180 mg/dl and a preprandial plasma glucose between 70-130 mg/dl. [2] However, this is not the only context in which this term is used.
In the postprandium, there is digestion of food in the gastrointestinal tract, followed by uptake and various metabolic processes, mainly anabolic ones (building organic molecules from smaller units). The postprandium is characterized by an increased activity of the parasympathetic nervous system, putting the body in a state of "rest and digest".
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Translations:
Post-prandial |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - efter middagen
Français (French)
adj. - d'après le repas (sieste, etc) (péj), (Méd) post-prandial
Deutsch (German)
adj. - Verdauungs-, nach dem Essen
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιδόρπιος, που έπεται γεύματος
Italiano (Italian)
dopo il pranzo
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pós-prandial (após a refeição)
Español (Spanish)
adj. - de sobremesa
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skeende efter middagen (skämts.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
餐后的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 餐後的
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שלאחר ארוחת צהריים או ערב
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