prandial


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pran·di·al

 (prăn′dē-əl)
adj.
Of or relating to a meal.

[From Latin prandium, late breakfast; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

pran′di·al·ly adv.
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prandial

(ˈprændɪəl)
adj
(Cookery) facetious of or relating to a meal
[C19: from Latin prandium meal, luncheon]
ˈprandially adv
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pran•di•al

(ˈpræn di əl)

adj.
of or pertaining to a meal, esp. dinner.
[1810–20; < Latin prandi(um) luncheon, meal + -al1]
pran′di•al•ly, adv.
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Adj.1.prandial - of or relating to a meal
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Translations

prandial

adj (form, often hum)Essens-, Tisch-
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pran·di·al

a. prandial, rel. a las comidas.
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###Need for flexibility in timing of both prandial and###administration in relation to meals.
All patients with T1DM and approximately 40% of patients with T2DM require both basal and prandial insulin.
Lixisenatide is a Zealand-invented once-daily prandial GLP-1 receptor agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
It was observed that 32 women vs 23 men complained of post prandial fullness, 15 women vs 9 men complained of nausea and 13 women vs 7 men complained of belching.
Objective: To find out the pattern of gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) in patients with post prandial distress syndrome (PDS).
The insulin formulations available today enable a more physiologic approach for coverage of basal and prandial insulin requirements; however, the rapid on/rapid off characteristics of endogenously secreted insulin seen in healthy, nondiabetic individuals are still not possible to mimic.
Apelin is involved in post- prandial responses and stimulates secretion of arginine-vasopressin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and growth hormone in the ruminant.
The secondary outcomes were serum levels of glycated hemoglobin ([HbA.sub.1c]), daily insulin dose, prandial to total insulin ratio, frequency of self-monitoring blood glucose level, and body mass index, according to Beate Karges, MD, of the University of Aachen (Germany), Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, and her colleagues.
The following variables were utilised in the analysis: quarterly-prescribed daily human insulin dosages (IU/kg/d); mean daily human insulin dose exposures (IU/d); type of human insulin regimen prescribed (twice-daily biphasic or basal neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) plus prandial normal insulin regimen); measured weight and height (from which time-varying BMI was calculated); baseline weight and time-invariant height (from which baseline BMI was calculated); baseline glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level (%; mmol/mol); time-varying HbA1c level (%; mmol/mol) measured semi-annually; sex; age at the onset of the study and going forward; smoking history; and time spent in the study.
Similarly, last reporting post prandial blood sugar of more than 140 mg% had poor glycemic control as compared to last reporting post prandial blood sugar (Chi square 19.425, p<0.0001).