anorexia

Word family

an·o·rex·i·a /ˌænəˈreksiə/ (also anorexia nervosa /-nɜːˈvəʊsə $ -nɜːrˈvoʊ-/) noun [uncountableU]

MIa mental illness that makes someone stop eating 厌食（症），食欲缺乏

Examples from the Corpus

anorexia• This can easily cause anorexia and finally the demise of the stressed subject.• I knew perfectly well that I had anorexia, but I did not see it as something pathological.• If anorexia is about identity in general, it is also specifically and most importantly about autonomy.• Personality disorder. - Data on the incidence and prevalence of personality disorders in anorexia nervosa are inconsistent.• The starvation effects of anorexia nervosa are very different to those found in conditions such as protein-calorie malnutrition or famine.• Early descriptions Descriptions of self-starvation among early religious ascetics suggest that some variant of anorexia nervosa may be traced to medieval times.• It is the first article I read on anorexia.

Origin anorexia

(1500-1600) Modern Latin Greek, from an- “without” + orexis “desire to eat”

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Corpus

BNC: 13171 COCA: 16765

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