anorexia
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
anorexia (countable and uncountable, plural anorexias)
- (especially in medicine) Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
- Coordinate term: hyporexia
- (especially in nonmedical usage) Clipping of anorexia nervosa.
- (by extension, in combination) Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.
- intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia
Derived terms
- ana
- anorexia athletica
- anorexia mirabilis
- anorexiant
- anorexic (adj)
- anorexically
- anorexigen
- anorexigenic
- antianorexia
- bigorexia
- bleachorexia
- bulimarexia
- bulimorexia
- carborexia
- corporate anorexia
- drunkorexia
- manorexia
- preanorexic
- pregorexia
- pro-ana
- reverse anorexia nervosa
- sexual anorexia
- sports anorexia
- tanorexia
- wannarexia
Related terms
Translations
loss of appetite
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anorexia nervosa — see anorexia nervosa
Further reading
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).
Noun
anorexia f (plural anorexias)
- anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
- Synonym: anorexia nerviosa
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anorexia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧no‧re‧xi‧a
Noun
anorexia f (plural anorexias)
- anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
- Synonym: anorexia nervosa
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anorexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).
Pronunciation
Noun
anorexia f (plural anorexias)
- anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
- Synonyms: anorexia mental, anorexia nerviosa
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anorexia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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