25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Appetence \Ap"pe*tence\, noun [Cf. F. app['e]tence. See {Appetency}.] A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

appetence

noun: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: {appetite}, {appetency}]
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