The feeling which one experiences after eating a large meal. Usually characterized by sluggish, drowsy, tired, or lethargic feelings.

The drowsy sleepy feeling you get after eating a large meal. Usual meals like big Sunday dinners, Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.

verb. i-tiss

Drowsy or sleepy effect linked to digesting large meals, usually high in fat or salt content.

Note: The digestive system uses roughly 60% of your energy while you idle about daily, so after eating large meals the digestive system takes energy from other areas of the body, allowing it to work faster, and bringing about a sleepy effect.

The feeling you get after you eat tons of food. You feel drowsy and do not want to do anything all day.

The itis is the short name for the colloquial ebonics tern "niggaitis" meaning the feeling of overwhelming sleepiness that hits black people mostly following eating. Of course the "itis" is not restricted to black people and is also known by its medical name "alkaline tide"

a naturally occuring drowsy feeling that is created when a person, normally of the African-American race (although it may affect peoples of all creeds), eats a large amount of fried, salty, or fatty foods...this feeling usually causes one to sip some purple drank and take a nap

The heat high a marching band player experiences after completing a marching band show; usually happens and is most experienced during the fall and winter.