anorexia
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Definition of anorexia
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, especially, uncountable)Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
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noun
- (countable, especially, uncountable)Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, especially, uncountable)Clipping of anorexia nervosa.
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(broadly, countable, in-compounds, uncountable)Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.
“intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia”
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”). By surface analysis, an- + -orexia.
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