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Noun: anorexia  ,a-nu'rek-see-u
  1. A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
     
  2. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated
    - anorexia nervosa

Derived forms: anorexias

Type of: eating disorder

Encyclopedia: Anorexia

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