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hunger
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hunger /hun·ger/ (hung´er) a craving, as for food.
air hunger  Kussmaul's respiration.
hun·ger (hnggr)
n.
1. A strong desire or need for food.
2. The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
3. A strong desire or craving, as for affection.
hunger
a craving, as for food. A localized subjective sensation, assumed to occur in animals, caused by emptiness and a resulting hypermotility of the stomach.
hunger hollow
paralumbar fossa in ruminants.
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