Synonyms & related words for appestat

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of appestat. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to appestat

Explore words related to appestat — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hypothalamus, hypothalami, brain, hypothalamic, interbrain, appetite, diencephalon, thalamencephalic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does appestat come from?

The word appestat breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Greek origin: appe, from Latin appetitus (“appetite, craving (ad- + petere 'to seek')”); and -stat, from Greek statos (“regulator, that which causes to stand steady”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.