An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight.
Origin
From the scientific term anorexia nervosa (1957), from the symptom anorexia, from Ancient Greek ἀν- ("without") + ὄρεξις, and Latin nervōsa ("nervous").
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