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anorexia mirabilis

anorexia mirabilis noun: a supposedly miraculous lack of appetite among women of the Middle Ages, who would starve themselves as a form of religious asceticism.

Noun

anorexia mirabilis (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A supposedly miraculous lack of appetite among women of the Middle Ages, who would starve themselves as a form of religious asceticism.

Questions about anorexia mirabilis

What does anorexia mirabilis mean?
Anorexia mirabilis means a supposedly miraculous lack of appetite among women of the Middle Ages, who would starve themselves as a form of religious asceticism.
What part of speech is anorexia mirabilis?
Anorexia mirabilis is a noun.

Words near anorexia mirabilis in the dictionary

  1. anorectum
  2. anoretic
  3. anoretics
  4. anorexia
  5. anorexia athletica
  6. anorexia mirabilis
  7. anorexia nervosa
  8. anorexia nervosalike
  9. anorexialike
  10. anorexiant
  11. anorexiants

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