hunger

(hun’ger). A craving for food. air-h., a distre ing dyspnea occurring in paroxysms, and often forerunning an attack of diabetic coma. chlorin-h., a desire for salt, due to deficiency of chlorin in the blood. h.-cure, the treatment of disease (as dyspepsia, syphilis, or cancer) by severe and rigid fasting; nest i atria. h.-evil, a condition in the horse marked by attacks of extreme hunger. Hunt’s atrophy, syndrome Hunt, neurologist in New York, born 1872). atrophy and syndrome.