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Anorexic patient, from medical journal Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpêtrière (1900)

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”).

anorexia (countable and uncountable, plural anorexias)

  1. (especially in medicine) Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
    Coordinate term: hyporexia
  2. (especially in nonmedical usage) Clipping of anorexia nervosa.
  3. (by extension, in combination) Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.

    intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia

loss of appetite

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonym: anorexia nerviosa

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

  • Hyphenation: a‧no‧re‧xi‧a

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonym: anorexia nervosa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

  • IPA(key): /anoˈɾeɡsja/ [a.noˈɾeɣ̞.sja]
  • Rhymes: -eɡsja
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧re‧xia

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonyms: anorexia mental, anorexia nerviosa