anorexia
Anorexic patient, from medical journal Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpêtrière (1900)
Meaning
Noun
- Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
- Anorexia nervosa.
Origin
- From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία, from ἀν- + ὄρεξις.
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