#appetite

• Anorectic — Suffering from anorexia, characterized by a lack of appetite or by the systematic refusal to eat (specific to anorexia nervosa). As a noun and in a pharmacological context, the term designates a medicinal substance or a chemical compound capable of inhibiting the sensation of hunger and reducing appetite by acting on the hypothalamic nerve centers, utilized in clinical treatment regimens for severe obesity.
• Anorexia — A clinical symptom consisting of a marked decrease or complete loss of appetite, encountered in infectious, neoplastic, or endocrine diseases. When psychological in nature, the term designates anorexia nervosa, a major psychiatric disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight, severe self-imposed dietary restriction, amenorrhea, and grave body image distortion, carrying a high morbidity rate.
• Anorexigenic — Inducing the reduction or loss of appetite; a chemical substance, natural compound, or medication structurally designed to suppress appetite by acting directly on the hunger centers within the hypothalamus. In clinical management, these agents are used as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of severe obesity and associated metabolic syndromes.
• Anosmia — The total loss of the sense of smell, caused by a structural or functional impairment of the nasal mucosa, olfactory pathways, or cerebral cortex. This clinical symptom can be congenital or acquired, frequently occurring after cranial trauma, acute respiratory infections (such as influenza or COVID-19), anterior fossa tumors, or neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease).
• Appetite — A strong inclination, intense desire, native attraction, or appetite for something (e.g., appetite for culture, appetite for risk). In physiology, it represents the organic drive or desire to satisfy a biological need, particularly appetite for food or reproductive urges.
• Appetite — An organic desire or appetite for food, correlated with the physiological need for nourishment. Broadly, in a psychological or figurative sense, it represents a vivid desire, thirst, strong drive, or pronounced inclination toward achieving a goal, accumulating goods, or seeking knowledge.