anorexia

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/

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anorexia (countable and uncountable, plural anorexias)

1. (especially in medicine) Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.

   Coordinate term: hyporexia

2. (especially in nonmedical usage) Clipping of anorexia nervosa.

• anorexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

   Synonym: anorexia nerviosa

• anoréxico

• “anorexia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

• Hyphenation: a‧no‧re‧xi‧a

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

   Synonym: anorexia nervosa

• anoréxico

• “anorexia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).

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

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

   Synonyms: anorexia mental, anorexia nerviosa

• “anorexia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014