Dictionary

anorexia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Ancient Greek ὀρέγω (orégō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía)lbor. English anorexia Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (countable, especially, in medicine, uncountable) Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, especially, in nonmedical usage, uncountable) Ellipsis of anorexia nervosa.
   alt of anorexia nervosa
   • The average age for the onset of anorexia used to be 13 to 17. Now it's 9 to 12, and children as young as 7 have been diagnosed, says Abigail Natenshon, a psychotherapist and author of "When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder." 2011 August 8, Margaret Renkl, “The scary trend of tweens with anorexia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2012:
3. (broadly, countable, in-compounds, uncountable) Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.
   • intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia

Forms

Coordinates

hyporexia

Deriveds

wannarexia · carborexia · bulimorexia · bleachorexia · ana · pro-ana · sexual anorexia · tanorexia · anorexia mirabilis · anorexiant · corporate anorexia · manorexia · anorexigen · anorexically · bulimarexia · anorexic · anorexia athletica · bigorexia · anorexigenic · pregorexia · drunkorexia · reverse anorexia nervosa · preanorexic · sports anorexia · antianorexia · cosmeticorexia · dermorexia

Relateds

hyporexic · anorectic

Translations (34)

id anoreksia (loss of appetite) · ur بطلان شہوت (loss of appetite) · mi māuiui pohokore (loss of appetite) · eu anorexia (loss of appetite) · hu anorexia (loss of appetite) · ru отсу́тствие аппети́та (loss of appetite) · fi anoreksia (loss of appetite) · bg липса на апетит (loss of appetite) · bg анорексия (loss of appetite) · nl anorexie (loss of appetite) · ar قَهَم (loss of appetite) · cmn 厭食症 /厌食症 (loss of appetite) · gl anorexia (loss of appetite) · da anoreksi (loss of appetite) · el ανορεξία (loss of appetite) · it anoressia (loss of appetite) · es anorexia (loss of appetite) · hu étvágytalanság (loss of appetite) · pl anoreksja (loss of appetite) · eo anoreksio (loss of appetite) · ru аноре́ксия (loss of appetite) · fr anorexie (loss of appetite) · fi ruokahaluttomuus (loss of appetite) · pl jadłowstręt (loss of appetite) · ja 食欲不振 (loss of appetite) · fa بیاشتهایی (loss of appetite) · sv anorexi (loss of appetite) · tl awanggana (loss of appetite) · cs anorexie (loss of appetite) · id nirselera (loss of appetite) · pt anorexia (loss of appetite) · de Anorexie (loss of appetite) · ca anorèxia (loss of appetite) · ur فقد الشہیہ (loss of appetite)