empty stomach
Hunger's hollow vessel
An empty stomach is one with no food in it, typically from not having eaten recently.
The phrase appears most often in instructions—medications taken on an empty stomach absorb differently than those taken with food.
I can't drink coffee on an empty stomach means doing so causes discomfort.
Don't go grocery shopping on an empty stomach warns that hunger leads to impulse buying.
- hungryWanting to eat
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- growlingDeep threatening vocalization
- rumblingLow rolling sound
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
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- appetitehungry, hunger, starving, famished, ravenous
- hungerhunger, hungry, starving, starvation, famished
- hunger & thirstappetite, thirst, starvation, dehydration, cravings
- dosing instructionsdaily, twice daily, three times daily, once daily, every 4 hours
- stomachgastric acid, fundus, pepsinogen, gastric, antrum