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Anorexia

//ænəˈɹɛksi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease. countable, especially, uncountable
  2. 2
    a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite wordnet
  3. 3
    Clipping of anorexia nervosa. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, especially, uncountable
  4. 4
    Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something. broadly, countable, in-compounds, uncountable

    "intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia"

Etymology

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

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