anorexia

[an-uh-rek-see-uh]

noun

1. Psychiatry.,  anorexia nervosa.

2. loss of appetite and inability to eat.

anorexia

/ ˌænɒˈrɛksɪə /

noun

1. loss of appetite

2. Also called: anorexia nervosa. a disorder characterized by fear of becoming fat and refusal of food, leading to debility and even death

anorexia

1. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.

2. Anorexia nervosa.

anorexia

1. A short name for anorexia nervosa.

Other Word Forms

• anorectic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anorexia¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from New Latin, from Greek, from an- an- ¹ + órex(is) “appetite, desire, longing” (from orég(ein) “to reach, stretch” + -sis -sis ) + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of anorexia¹

C17: via New Latin from Greek, from _an- + orexis appetite

Example Sentences

Naomi, who is in her 30s, wanted to live at home during treatment for her anorexia so she could continue to look after her child.

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He stopped using models with low body mass indexes when one - Ana Carolina Reston - died of anorexia.

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He was also the first designer to ban underweight models from the runway, after the death of model Ana Carolina Reston in 2006 from anorexia nervosa.

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In her 2000 book Body Wars, psychologist Margo Maine wrote that, external if Barbie were scaled up to adult height, she would have a figure within the guidelines for diagnosing anorexia.

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Millie managed to take up a place at university but dropped out at the start of her second year after developing anorexia.

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