See Also: anorexia(medicine)
Anorexia(health)
anorexia(dictionary)
anorexia(dictionary)
anorexia nervosa(medicine)
Anorexia, cancer(health)
Anorexia nervosa(health)
Cancer anorexia(health)
anorexia nervosa(encyclopedia)

anorexia (iou)



anorexia noun. Also anorexy. L16.
[Late Latin from Greek, from AN-5 + orexis appetite: see -IA1.]
Medicine. Absence of appetite; popularly spec. anorexia nervosa (see below).
anorexia nervosa chronic anorexia induced by emotional disturbance.
anorexiant adjective & noun (a drug) producing anorexia M20.
anorexic adjective & noun (a) adjective = ANORECTIC adjective; (b) noun = ANORECTIC noun 2: M20.
anorexi'genic adjective producing anorexia M20.