Which medical term means abnormal appetite?
A) dyspepsia
B) dysorexia
C) dysphagia
D) dysprandial
B) dysorexia
Dys- means difficult or abnormal and -orexia means appetite, so dysorexia would
be abnormal appetite. -pepsia means digestion, so dyspepsia would be difficult digestion. -
phagia means eat or swallow, so dysphagia means difficulty eating or swallowing. -prandial
means meal, so if dysprandial were a medical term, it would mean difficult meal.
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