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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-per-fey-jee-uh, -juh]
- /ˌhaɪ pərˈfeɪ dʒi ə, -dʒə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hahy-per-fey-jee-uh, -juh]
- /ˌhaɪ pərˈfeɪ dʒi ə, -dʒə/
Definitions of hyperphagia word
- noun hyperphagia bulimia. 1
- noun hyperphagia (medicine) An abnormal appetite for food. 1
- noun hyperphagia compulsive overeating over a prolonged period 0
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Origin of hyperphagia
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; hyper- + -phagia
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Parts of speech for Hyperphagia
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hyperphagia popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hyperphagia usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hyperphagia
noun hyperphagia
- bingeing — a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
- bulimia — Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating.
- polyphagia — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
Top questions with hyperphagia
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