anorexia

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English[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/
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Noun[edit]

anorexia (countable and uncountable, plural anorexias)

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

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

Noun[edit]

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonym: anorexia nerviosa

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧no‧re‧xi‧a

Noun[edit]

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

  1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)
    Synonym: anorexia nervosa

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /anoˈɾeɡsja/ [a.noˈɾeɣ̞.sja]
  • Rhymes: -eɡsja
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧re‧xia

Noun[edit]

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

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

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