anorexia

English
Anorexic patient, from medical journal Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpêtrière (1900)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anorexia (countable and uncountable, plural anorexias)

  1. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
  2. Anorexia nervosa.

Derived terms
Derived terms

Translations
anorexia nervosa — see anorexia nervosa

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

Noun

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonym: anorexia nerviosa

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

Noun

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonym: anorexia nervosa

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “anorexia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

Noun

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonyms: anorexia mental, anorexia nerviosa

Derived terms

Further reading
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