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postprandial

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Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.

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Our trains are not ambushed by dragons, suicide bombers, or chthonian tentacle monsters. Frankly, given the quality of the postprandial conversation, this is not a net positive. Charles Stross

his postprandial cigar Source: Internet

took a postprandial walk Source: Internet

Hence, this data suggests that "feast-induced drowsiness"—or postprandial somnolence —may be the result of a heavy meal rich in carbohydrates, which indirectly increases the production of sleep-promoting melatonin in the brain. Source: Internet

Extension of the testing (for several more hours) may reveal a hypoglycemic "dip," that is a result of an overshoot in insulin production after the failure of the physiologic postprandial insulin response. Source: Internet

Idiopathic postprandial syndrome without demonstrably low glucose levels at the time of symptoms can be more of a management challenge. Source: Internet

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