anorexia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a prolonged ... Date: 1598 1. loss of appetite especially when prolonged 2. anorexia nervosa Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a lack or loss of appetite for food. 2 (in full anorexia nervosa) a psychological illness, esp. in young women, characterized by ... Gk f. an- not + orexis appetite Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anorexia An`o*rex"i*a, Anorexy An"o*rex`yn ... without a loathing of food. --Coxe. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has ...
anorexia nervosa definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (psychiatry ... being emaciated Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin, nervous anorexia Date: 1873 a serious disorder in eating behavior primarily of ... Extreme emaciation caused by emotional or psychological aversion to eating (anorexia), mostly in young women who believe they are fat and ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin [syn: anorexic, anorectic] n 1: a person suffering from anorexia nervosa [syn: anorexic, anorectic] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Date ... 1. anorectic 2. relating to, characteristic of, or affected with anorexia nervosa; also seemingly affected with anorexia nervosa as by being excessively skinny II. noun Date: 1913 a person affected with or as if with anorexia nervosa Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (anorexics) If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin. ADJ • An anorexic is ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin [syn: anorexic, anorectic] 2: causing loss of ... drug" [syn: anorectic, anorexigenic] n 1: a person suffering from anorexia nervosa [syn: anorexic, anorectic] Merriam Webster's I. adjective also ... producing, or characterized by a lack of appetite, esp. in anorexia nervosa. --n. 1 an anorectic agent. 2 a person with anorexia. Etymology: Gk anorektos without appetite (as ANOREXIA): anorexic f. F anoréxique