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bleachorexia

bleachorexia noun: an unhealthy obsession with whitening one's teeth.

Noun

bleachorexia (uncountable)

  1. An unhealthy obsession with whitening one's teeth.
    • People who want teeth whiter than nature intended, reaching repeatedly for the peroxide, suffer from "bleachorexia," a word coined by the American Dental Association.2009 September 24, Deirdre Kelly, “Price choppers: Get pearly whites for 99 bucks”, in The Globe and Mail

Origin of bleachorexia

Blend of bleach + anorexia.

Questions about bleachorexia

What does bleachorexia mean?
Bleachorexia means an unhealthy obsession with whitening one's teeth.
What part of speech is bleachorexia?
Bleachorexia is a noun.

Words near bleachorexia in the dictionary

  1. bleachjobs
  2. bleachless
  3. bleachlike
  4. bleachman
  5. bleachmen
  6. bleachorexia
  7. bleacht
  8. bleachworks
  9. bleachy
  10. bleachyard
  11. bleachyards

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