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How to pronounce anorectic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms anorexic
Type of diseased person, sick person, sufferer
Type Words
Synonyms anorexic
Derivation anorexia
Type Words
Synonyms anorexigenic
Derivation anorexia


an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.

Examples of anorectic

anorectic
I still see myself as so much bigger than I actually am, though I can spot another anorectic a mile away.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Because it is an amidated peptide, like many neuropeptides, it is believed to be responsible for the anorectic effect.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Today's staff, including deliverers, numbers only 600, anorectic by the overstuffed standards of Fleet Street.
From the time.com
In what used to be the German Democratic Republic, the Communist Party is an anorectic shade of its former self.
From the time.com
She believes soy contains anorectic peptides that signal a feeling of satiety as well as peptides that boost the metabolism.
From the sciencedaily.com
The new findings do highlight the LHA neurons as a major link between leptin's anorectic action and the mesolimbic dopamine system, they conclude.
From the sciencedaily.com
For example, joining a bulemic or anorectic client for a meal in public would be a crossing, but not a violation, and might well be therapeutic.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Epidemics of fatal pulmonary hypertension and heart valve damage associated with pharmaceutical anorectic agents have led to the withdrawal of products from the market.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Anorexic: a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
  • Causing loss of appetite; "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug"
  • (anorectically) In an anorectic way
  • (anorectics) Pronounced ah-nuh-RECK-ticks; diet pills that cause a loss of appetite; they were developed to replace amphetamines.
  • A name frequently used for diet medications that curb appetite.
  • Drugs or other substances which reduce appetite.
  • Agent that decreases appetite