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anorexia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | eating disorder |
| Has types | anorexia nervosa |
| Derivation | anorectic, anorexic |
Examples of anorexia
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I'm a male, 23 years old, and I suffered from anorexia nervosa for over 6 years.
From the psychcentral.com
As expected, the risk of anorexia in female twins was higher than in male twins.
From the nytimes.com
Pippa struggled with anorexia and bulimia, and has been recovered for six years.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Its characters included those with bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Part of that comes from Capriette's own struggles with anorexia and depression.
From the kentucky.com
A genome-wide association study on common SNPs and rare CNVs in anorexia nervosa.
From the sciencedaily.com
With anorexia, sufferers see themselves as fat even when they are deathly thin.
From the kentucky.com
Less than one percent of the population is affected by life-threatening anorexia.
From the sciencedaily.com
When I was almost 11, I developed anorexia, and then I became serious in earnest.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
- A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
- (anorexic) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
- Anorexia is an album by the band Showbread. It was released on May 13, 2008 simultaneously with its companion album Nervosa . ...
- Anorexia is the decreased sensation of appetite. While the term in non-scientific publications is often used interchangeably with anorexia nervosa, many possible causes exist for a decreased appetite, some of which may be harmless, while others indicate a serious clinical condition or pose a significant risk.
- (Anorexic) Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, and an obsessive fear of gaining weight due to a distorted self image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks ...
- Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease; anorexia nervosa
- (Anorexic) An agent that diminishes the appetite for food.
- (anorexic) of severe economy of style and expression [A rare use: in AHD but not in OED, MW, etc.; arguably the uses are as a metaphor, not as a word.]
- Marked loss of appetite that may be induced by drugs, psychological disorders or physical illness.
