Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a depraved or morbidly ravenous appetite caused by disease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, obsolete A
ravenous appetite caused bydisease ;morbid excessive hunger .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek λιμός (limos, "hunger").
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W. Hahitat in mubrosis limosis Pensylvaniae, Vir - giniae, Carolinae, Floridae.
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