anorexia
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Britannica Dictionary definition of ANOREXIA
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a serious physical and emotional illness in which an abnormal fear of being fat leads to very poor eating habits and dangerous weight loss
◊ Anorexia most commonly affects teenage girls and young women.
— called also
anorexia nervosa
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compare bulimia
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an anorexic young woman
— anorexic
noun, plural anorexics [count]-
She's an anorexic. [=a person suffering from anorexia]
