NOUN | state | anorexia nervosa | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated |
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Meaning | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated. | |
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Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
Broader | anorexia | A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite |
Spanish | anorexia, anorexia nerviosa | |
Catalan | anorèxia nerviosa |
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