"pregorexia" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of pregnancy + anorexia. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|pregnancy|anorexia}} Blend of pregnancy + anorexia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pregorexia (uncountable)
  1. A condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pregnancy
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          "text": "2008, Jane Bainbridge, \"Pregorexia: body image over baby?\" (article), in British Journal of Midwifery, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 4 2008, page 608."
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          "ref": "2009 July 7, Kevin Courtney, “Pregorexia”, in The Irish Times:",
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          "ref": "2012 March 2, Alison Smith-Squire, “The 'pregorexic' mother whose weight plummeted to FOUR STONE because she was so worried about getting fat during pregnancy”, in Daily Mail:",
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