anorexia nervosa

English

Etymology

From the scientific term anorexia nervosa (1957), from the symptom anorexia (“loss of appetite”), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite, desire”), and Latin nervōsa (“nervous”).

Noun

anorexia nervosa (uncountable)

1. An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight.

Antonyms

• muscle dysmorphia

Translations

disorder

• Azerbaijani: anoreksiya, nevrotik anoreksiya
• Basque: anorexia urduri
• Bulgarian: анорексия нервоза (anoreksija nervoza)
• Catalan: anorèxia nerviosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神經性厭食／神经性厌食 (shénjīngxìng yànshí), 神經性食慾缺乏／神经性食欲缺乏 (shénjīngxìng shíyù quēfá)

• Czech: anorexie (cs), mentální anorexie
• Danish: anoreksi (da)
• Dutch: anorexia nervosa (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཟས་བཅད་ནད་གཞི (zas bcad nad gzhi)
• Esperanto: anoreksio
• Estonian: anoreksia (et)
• Finnish: anoreksia (fi), laihuushäiriö
• French: anorexie mentale (fr) f
• Galician: anorexia (gl) f, anorexia nerviosa (gl) f
• Georgian: ნერვული ანორექსია (nervuli anoreksia)
• German: Anorexia nervosa, Anorexia mentalis, Magersucht (de) f
• Greek: νευρική ανορεξία (nevrikí anorexía)
• Hebrew: אנורקסיה נרבוזה
• Hindi: एनोरेक्सिया नर्वोज़ा (enoreksiyā narvozā), क्षुधा अभाव (kṣudhā abhāv)
• Hungarian: anorexia (hu), anorexia nervosa (hu)
• Icelandic: lystarstol (is), anorexía
• Irish: anoireicse néarógach
• Italian: anoressia (it) f, anoressia nervosa f
• Japanese: 拒食症 (ja) (きょしょくしょう, kyoshokushō)
• Korean: 신경성 식욕부진증 (sin'gyeongseong sigyokbujinjeung)
• Latvian: anoreksija
• Lithuanian: anoreksija, nervinė anoreksija
• Norwegian: anoreksi
• Persian: بی‌اشتهایی عصبی
• Polish: anoreksja (pl) f, jadłowstręt psychiczny m
• Portuguese: anorexia nervosa (pt) f
• Romanian: anorexie nervoasă, anorexie mintală (ro) f
• Russian: аноре́ксия (ru) f (anoréksija), нервная анорекси́я (nervnaja anoreksíja)
• Scottish Gaelic: fuath-bìdh
• Serbo-Croatian: anoreksija (sh)
• Slovak: anorexia (sk), mentálna anorexia
• Spanish: anorexia (es) f, anorexia nerviosa f, anorexia mental f
• Swedish: anorexi (sv)
• Thai: โรคเบื่ออาหารเหตุจิตใจ
• Turkish: anoreksiya nervoza
• Ukrainian: аноре́ксія (anoréksija)
• Welsh: anorecsia nerfosa

See also

• anorexic
• bigorexia
• binge eating disorder
• body image
• bulimia
• bulimic
• EDNOS
• manorexia
• orthorexia
• preanorexic
• pro-ana

 

Further reading

• anorexia nervosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin anorexia nervosa.

Noun

anorexia nervosa

1. (pathology) anorexia nervosa (serious eating disorder)

Declension

Inflection of anorexia nervosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		anorexia nervosa	—
genitive		anorexia nervosan	—
partitive		anorexia nervosaa	—
illative		anorexia nervosaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		anorexia nervosa	—
accusative	nom.	anorexia nervosa	—
	gen.	anorexia nervosan
genitive		anorexia nervosan	—
partitive		anorexia nervosaa	—
inessive		anorexia nervosassa	—
elative		anorexia nervosasta	—
illative		anorexia nervosaan	—
adessive		anorexia nervosalla	—
ablative		anorexia nervosalta	—
allative		anorexia nervosalle	—
essive		anorexia nervosana	—
translative		anorexia nervosaksi	—
abessive		anorexia nervosatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of anorexia nervosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative anorexia nervosani — accusative nom. anorexia nervosani — gen. anorexia nervosani genitive anorexia nervosani — partitive anorexia nervosaani — inessive anorexia nervosassani — elative anorexia nervosastani — illative anorexia nervosaani — adessive anorexia nervosallani — ablative anorexia nervosaltani — allative anorexia nervosalleni — essive anorexia nervosanani — translative anorexia nervosakseni — abessive anorexia nervosattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative anorexia nervosasi — accusative nom. anorexia nervosasi — gen. anorexia nervosasi genitive anorexia nervosasi — partitive anorexia nervosaasi — inessive anorexia nervosassasi — elative anorexia nervosastasi — illative anorexia nervosaasi — adessive anorexia nervosallasi — ablative anorexia nervosaltasi — allative anorexia nervosallesi — essive anorexia nervosanasi — translative anorexia nervosaksesi — abessive anorexia nervosattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative anorexia nervosamme — accusative nom. anorexia nervosamme — gen. anorexia nervosamme genitive anorexia nervosamme — partitive anorexia nervosaamme — inessive anorexia nervosassamme — elative anorexia nervosastamme — illative anorexia nervosaamme — adessive anorexia nervosallamme — ablative anorexia nervosaltamme — allative anorexia nervosallemme — essive anorexia nervosanamme — translative anorexia nervosaksemme — abessive anorexia nervosattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative anorexia nervosanne — accusative nom. anorexia nervosanne — gen. anorexia nervosanne genitive anorexia nervosanne — partitive anorexia nervosaanne — inessive anorexia nervosassanne — elative anorexia nervosastanne — illative anorexia nervosaanne — adessive anorexia nervosallanne — ablative anorexia nervosaltanne — allative anorexia nervosallenne — essive anorexia nervosananne — translative anorexia nervosaksenne — abessive anorexia nervosattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative anorexia nervosansa — accusative nom. anorexia nervosansa — gen. anorexia nervosansa genitive anorexia nervosansa — partitive anorexia nervosaansa — inessive anorexia nervosassaan anorexia nervosassansa — elative anorexia nervosastaan anorexia nervosastansa — illative anorexia nervosaansa — adessive anorexia nervosallaan anorexia nervosallansa — ablative anorexia nervosaltaan anorexia nervosaltansa — allative anorexia nervosalleen anorexia nervosallensa — essive anorexia nervosanaan anorexia nervosanansa — translative anorexia nervosakseen anorexia nervosaksensa — abessive anorexia nervosattaan anorexia nervosattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• anoreksia (colloquial)
• laihuushäiriö (rare)

Portuguese

Noun

anorexia nervosa f (uncountable)

1. anorexia nervosa (disorder characterised by self-starvation)