anorexia

Also used as

anorexia is also the ellipsis of anorexia nervosa.

anorexia meaning in Urdu, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

Examples of anorexia in a sentence

• Metabolic acidosis associated with increased anion gap may be caused by underdialysis and anorexia.
• The rats gradually became weak and asthenia, and showed mucous hypersecretion, anorexia, body weight reduction, hydrouria, diarrhea.
• These patients can be described as those having a relevant starvational component of anorexia–cachexia.

All 12 example sentences with anorexia

Forms of anorexia

Origin of anorexia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).

Words formed from anorexia

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

Related words

• anorectic
• hyporexic

Phrases with anorexia

• anorexia nervosa
• anorexia nervosalike

Questions about anorexia

What does anorexia mean?

Anorexia means loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.

What is anorexia in Urdu?

Anorexia in Urdu is بطلان شہوت (butlān-e-shahvat), فقد الشہیہ (faqd-ul-shahīyya). See Anorexia meaning in Urdu.

What part of speech is anorexia?

Anorexia is a noun.

How do you pronounce anorexia?

Anorexia is pronounced /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/ (US).

What is the plural of anorexia?

The plural of anorexia is anorexias.