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APPETITE SUPPRESSOR [2 records]

Record 1 2007-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Dietetics
DEF

[An] agent that [is] used to decrease appetite.

CONT

Drugs of this class [sympathomimetic amines] used in obesity are commonly known as "anorectics" or "anorexigenics." It has not been established that the action of such drugs in treating obesity is primarily one of appetite suppression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Diététique
DEF

Toute substance visant à diminuer l'appétit.

CONT

Les coupe-faim [...] Médicaments du comportement alimentaire, [les coupe-faim] permettaient de réduire l'apport alimentaire dans sa globalité, en espaçant la fréquence des prises alimentaires et en atteignant la satiété plus rapidement.

OBS

Pluriel : des coupe-faim ou des coupe-faims.

OBS

coupe-faims (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Food Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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