"anorexic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anorexic.wav Forms: more anorexic [comparative], most anorexic [superlative]
Etymology: From anorexia + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anorexia|-ic}} anorexia + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} anorexic (comparative more anorexic, superlative most anorexic)
  1. Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa. Translations (pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia): anorèctic (Catalan), 厭食症患者 /厌食症患者 (yànshízhèng huànzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), anorektisk (Danish), anoreksia (Esperanto), anorektinen (Finnish), anoréxico (Galician), magersüchtig (German), anoressico (Italian), anorektyczny (Polish), anoréxico (Portuguese), anoréxico (Spanish), anorektisk (Swedish)
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  2. (by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial. Tags: broadly Translations (thin): anorèctic (Catalan), anoréxico (Galician), anorektyczny (Polish), anoréxico (Portuguese), anoréxico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anorexic-en-adj-NnZats4i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 15 8 32 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 30 21 7 28 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 31 6 25 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 18 7 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 21 6 28 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 30 6 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 32 5 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 29 5 24 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 28 6 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 29 6 24 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 30 6 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 29 7 23 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 30 5 24 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 26 7 26 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 26 6 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 29 6 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 30 6 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 31 5 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 28 6 25 16 Disambiguation of 'thin': 0 100 0
  3. (medicine) Having very little to no appetite (a symptom that occurs in various diseases). Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-anorexic-en-adj-N8w0kMYS Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anorectic Derived forms: anorexically, antianorexic, manorexic, nonanorexic, preanorexic, sexually anorexic, tanorexic, wannarexic

Noun

IPA: /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anorexic.wav Forms: anorexics [plural]
Etymology: From anorexia + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anorexia|-ic}} anorexia + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} anorexic (plural anorexics)
  1. Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone suffering from anorexia nervosa): anorèctic [masculine] (Catalan), anorèctica [feminine] (Catalan), anorektikko (Finnish), anorexique (French), anoréxico [masculine] (Galician), anoréxica [feminine] (Galician), anorektyk [masculine] (Polish), anorektyczka [feminine] (Polish), anoréxico [masculine] (Portuguese), anoréxica [feminine] (Portuguese), anorexic [masculine] (Romanian), anorexică [feminine] (Romanian), anoréxico [masculine] (Spanish), anoréxica [feminine] (Spanish), anorektiker [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A medicine which suppresses appetite.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anorectic Derived forms: sexual anorexic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone suffering from anorexia nervosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anoréxica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone suffering from anorexia nervosa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorexic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone suffering from anorexia nervosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anorexică"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone suffering from anorexia nervosa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anoréxico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone suffering from anorexia nervosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anoréxica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone suffering from anorexia nervosa",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anorektiker"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anorexic"
}

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