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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. physiology
  3. animal physiology
  4. digestive physiology
  5. appetite
  6. hunger
  1. Fields of Study
  2. mathematics and statistics
  3. animal physiology
  4. digestive physiology
  5. appetite
  6. hunger
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. mathematics and statistics
  3. animal physiology
  4. digestive physiology
  5. appetite
  6. hunger
  1. Fields of Study
  2. zoology
  3. animal physiology
  4. digestive physiology
  5. appetite
  6. hunger
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. zoology
  3. animal physiology
  4. digestive physiology
  5. appetite
  6. hunger

Preferred term

hunger

Type

  • Topic

Broader concept

Related concepts

Scope note

  • Use for the desire for food generated by a sensation arising from lack of food in the stomach; For physiological state caused by lengthy and continuous deprivation of food USE starvation.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/11270

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