NOUN | state | anorexia | a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite |
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Sounds | ae.nereh'ksiyah | |
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Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... |
Meaning | A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite. | |
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Narrower | anorexia nervosa | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated |
Broader | eating disorder | A disorder of the normal eating routine |
Spanish | anorexia | |
Catalan | anorèxia | |
Adjectives | anorectic | causing loss of appetite |
anorexic, anorectic | suffering from anorexia nervosa |
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