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What is the definition or description of: polyphagia?
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See below: In medicine, polyphagia (sometimes known as hyperphagia) is a medical sign meaning excessive hunger and abnormally large intake of solids by mouth. Disorders such as diabetes, kleine-levin syndrome (a malfunction in the hypothalamus), the genetic disorders prader-willi syndrome and bardet biedl syndrome can cause hyperphagia (compulsive hunger).
Answered 5/24/2013
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Polyphagia.: Eating too much. Seen as a symptom of diabetes, among others.
Answered 11/28/2017
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