Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
- noun Anorexia nervosa.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of appetite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Loss of
appetite , especially as a result ofdisease . - noun
Anorexia nervosa .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(Her confusion is natural: the term anorexia comes from a Greek word meaning "loss of appetite.")
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Yes, anorexia is sick, but at least some slim models are simply naturally skinny.
Marie Claire Stands By 'Should Fatties Get A Room?' Blog Post By Maura Kelly The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Yes, anorexia is sick, but at least some slim models are simply naturally skinny.
Marie Claire Stands By 'Should Fatties Get A Room?' Blog Post By Maura Kelly Hilary Moss 2010
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– - You bet JD, like anorexia is a ‘vanity’ issue.
Think Progress » Hayworth: Birtherism is an ‘identity theft’ issue. 2010
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Yes, anorexia is sick, but at least some slim models are simply naturally skinny.
Marie Claire Stands By 'Should Fatties Get A Room?' Blog Post By Maura Kelly Hilary Moss 2010
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Lee realized that his handful of Hong Kong patients represented a unique opportunity to examine an expression of anorexia divorced from Western cultural beliefs about the condition.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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He said that the ratio of men to women was 10: 1 in anorexia and in bulimia, and about 3: 2 in binge eating disorder.
Bitsenpieces X eddvick 2008
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The literal translation of the term for anorexia in both the Cantonese and Mandarin dialects would be something along the lines of “the disorder of loathing to eat” or “the disease of disliking eating.”
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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The word anorexia is out there, bulimia is out there.
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When you hear the word anorexia or bulimia, you probably think of women, right?
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