Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Morbid or insane aversion to food. Also sitiophobia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun pathology A morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.

Etymologies

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From sito- + -phobia < Greek, σῖτος (sitos, "food") and φόβια (phobia, "fear").

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