prandial

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From his perch on the blacksmith's anvil he spoke between the puffs of his post-prandial pipe.

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  • Possibly because I once fell into a post-prandial sleep while he was talking to me, I was subjected to this treatment myself, and so was the former junior minister Chris Mullin, as revealed in his diaries, A View from the Foothills, out this month, where he writes: —  New Statesman
  • The way the sickly sense of post-prandial excess is intensified by frustration at not even being allowed to appreciate the gifts that you've just been lucky enough to receive before consumerist duty calls you out into the cold to buy a horrible sofa you don't even need in a vain bid to save Land of Leather from going into administration? —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • Inter-prandial lipid micelles (IPM) were prepared as PPM but, according to physiological conditions —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • It's not that my A1C history was awful, it's just that I couldn't bring fasting readings below 100 or see post-prandial values consistently within range. —  Diabetes Daily
  • I've eaten larger meals for lunch and supper at times, and have not experienced the same 4 hourly post-prandial hypo. —  Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes
 

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  1. From Latin prandium, late breakfast; see ed- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin prandium, a breakfast or an early dinner or luncheon, usually taken at noon.
 

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/ˈprændiəl/
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