anorexia nounEtymology: New Latin, from Greek, from a- + orexis
appetite, from oregeinDate: 1598 1. loss of appetite
especially when prolonged 2.anorexia nervosa
anorexia n. 1 a lack or loss of appetite for food. 2 (in full anorexia nervosa) a psychological illness, esp. in young women, characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to
eat. Etymology: LL f. Gk f. an- not + orexis appetite
anorexia
Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming
fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
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anorexia
ˌænəˈreksɪə n. 1 a lack or loss of appetite for food. 2 (in full
anorexia nervosa) a psychological illness, esp. in young women, characterized
by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. [LL f. Gk f. an-
not + orexis appetite]
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