Word of the Day – Orectic

Orectic (adj)

oor-ek-tik

Of or concerning desire or appetite.

Mainly used as a medical term orectic comes from the Greek orektikos, from oregein stretch out, reach for..

Example sentences

“Man is the highest organism with a nutritive, sensitive, orectic, locomotive and rational soul.”

“Her orectic nature lead to a life of excess, addiction, and obsession.”