Plural of appestat; multiple hypothetical appetite-regulating mechanisms or centers.
The plural form of 'appestat,' created by adding the regular English plural suffix '-s' to the singular noun.
When scientists were exploring hunger regulation, they theorized about multiple appetite-control centers (appestats), but research showed hunger is governed by complex networks rather than simple on-off switches.
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