"anorexia nervosa" meaning in English

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Noun

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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἀν-||without}} Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”), {{der|en|la|nervōsa||nervous}} Latin nervōsa (“nervous”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=anorexia nervosa}} anorexia nervosa (uncountable)
  1. An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases Translations (eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight): anoreksiya (Azerbaijani), nevrotik anoreksiya (Azerbaijani), anorexia urduri (Basque), анорексия нервоза (anoreksija nervoza) (Bulgarian), anorèxia nerviosa [feminine] (Catalan), 神經性厭食 /神经性厌食 (shénjīngxìng yànshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 神經性食慾缺乏 /神经性食欲缺乏 (shénjīngxìng shíyù quēfá) (Chinese Mandarin), anorexie (Czech), mentální anorexie (Czech), anoreksi (Danish), anorexia nervosa (Dutch), ཟས་བཅད་ནད་གཞི (zas bcad nad gzhi) (Dzongkha), anoreksio (Esperanto), anoreksia (Estonian), anoreksia (Finnish), laihuushäiriö (Finnish), anorexie mentale [feminine] (French), anorexia [feminine] (Galician), anorexia nerviosa [feminine] (Galician), ნერვული ანორექსია (nervuli anoreksia) (Georgian), Anorexia nervosa (German), Anorexia mentalis (German), Magersucht [feminine] (German), νευρική ανορεξία (nevrikí anorexía) (Greek), אנורקסיה נרבוזה (Hebrew), एनोरेक्सिया नर्वोज़ा (enoreksiyā narvozā) (Hindi), क्षुधा अभाव (kṣudhā abhāv) (Hindi), anorexia (Hungarian), anorexia nervosa (Hungarian), lystarstol (Icelandic), anorexía (Icelandic), anoreksia nervosa (Indonesian), anoireicse néarógach (Irish), anoressia [feminine] (Italian), anoressia nervosa [feminine] (Italian), 拒食症 (kyoshokushō) (alt: きょしょくしょう) (Japanese), 신경성 식욕부진증 (sin'gyeongseong sigyokbujinjeung) (Korean), anoreksija (Latvian), anoreksija (Lithuanian), nervinė anoreksija (Lithuanian), anoreksi (Norwegian), بیاشتهایی عصبی (Persian), anoreksja [feminine] (Polish), jadłowstręt psychiczny [masculine] (Polish), anorexia nervosa [feminine] (Portuguese), anorexie nervoasă (Romanian), anorexie mintală [feminine] (Romanian), аноре́ксия (anoréksija) [feminine] (Russian), нервная анорекси́я (nervnaja anoreksíja) (Russian), fuath-bìdh (Scottish Gaelic), anoreksija (Serbo-Croatian), anorexia (Slovak), mentálna anorexia (Slovak), anorexia [feminine] (Spanish), anorexia nerviosa [feminine] (Spanish), anorexia mental [feminine] (Spanish), anorexi (Swedish), โรคเบื่ออาหารเหตุจิตใจ (Thai), anoreksiya nervoza (Turkish), аноре́ксія (anoréksija) (Ukrainian), anorecsia nerfosa (Welsh)
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      "word": "anorexia nervosa"
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      "word": "Anorexia nervosa"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
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      "word": "νευρική ανορεξία"
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      "word": "אנורקסיה נרבוזה"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "एनोरेक्सिया नर्वोज़ा"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoreksia nervosa"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoireicse néarógach"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "拒食症"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sin'gyeongseong sigyokbujinjeung",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "신경성 식욕부진증"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoreksija"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoreksija"
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      "word": "nervinė anoreksija"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoreksi"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "بیاشتهایی عصبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anoreksja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
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      "word": "jadłowstręt psychiczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "anorexia nervosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anorexie nervoasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anorexie mintală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "anoréksija",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аноре́ксия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nervnaja anoreksíja",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "нервная анорекси́я"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "word": "fuath-bìdh"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoreksija"
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anorexia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "mentálna anorexia"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anorexia"
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
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      "word": "anorexia nerviosa"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
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      "word": "anorexia mental"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anorexi"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "โรคเบื่ออาหารเหตุจิตใจ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anoreksiya nervoza"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "anoréksija",
      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "аноре́ксія"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight",
      "word": "anorecsia nerfosa"
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