postprandial
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di adjective
after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
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| —adj | |
| of or relating to the period immediately after lunch or dinner: a postprandial nap | |
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Postprandial
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
postprandial
1820, formed from post- "after" + L. prandium "luncheon, meal," from *pram "early" + edere "to eat" (see edible).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
postprandial post·pran·di·al (pōst-prān'dē-əl)
adj.
Following a meal, especially dinner.
post·pran'di·al·ly adv.
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Example sentences
The researchers also wanted to see how the pace of the meal affected postprandial snacking.
On such occasions, few things are more pleasant than a cool, postprandial mud bath.
If this type of hypotension occurs after eating, it is called postprandial orthostatic hypotension.
And there are hammocks there for that postprandial collapse.
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