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An eating disorder characterized by self starvation due to a fear of gaining weight.
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anorexia nervosa — emaciation as a result of severe emotional disturbance, coined 1873 by William W. Gull (1816 1890), who also proposed apepsia hysterica as a name for it. See ANOREXIA (Cf. anorexia) … Etymology dictionary
Anorexia nervosa — For other uses, see Anorexia nervosa (disambiguation) and Anorexia (disambiguation). Anorexic redirects here. For the use of the term as an appetite suppressant, see Anorectic. Anorexia Nervosa Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
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Anorexia nervosa — Vergleichende Klassifikation nach ICD 10 DSM IV … Deutsch Wikipedia
anorexia nervosa — /nerr voh seuh/, Psychiatry. an eating disorder primarily affecting adolescent girls and young women, characterized by pathological fear of becoming fat, distorted body image, excessive dieting, and emaciation. Cf. bulimia, bulimarexia. [1870 75; … Universalium
Anorexia nervosa — A decreased appetite or aversion to food. Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychological disorder characterized by an extreme * * * anorexia ner·vo·sa (.)nər vō sə, zə n a serious eating disorder primarily of young women in their teens and early… … Medical dictionary
Anorexia nervosa — Ano|re|xia ner|vo|sa [ ...v...] die; <aus gleichbed. nlat. anorexia nervosa> ↑psychischbedingte Magersucht (Med.) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
anorexia nervosa — An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image. People with anorexia nervosa have an abnormal loss of appetite for food, try to avoid eating, and eat as little as … English dictionary of cancer terms
