anorexia
pronunciation
How to pronounce anorexia in British English:
UK [ˌænəˈreksiə]
How to pronounce anorexia in American English:
US [ˌænəˈrɛksiə]
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- Noun:
- a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
Word Origin
- anorexia (n.)
- 1590s, "lack of appetite," Modern Latin, from Greek anorexia, from an-, privative prefix, "without" (see an- (1)) + orexis "appetite, desire," from oregein "to desire, stretch out" (cognate with Latin regere "to keep straight, guide, rule;" see regal) + abstract noun ending -ia. In current use, often short for anorexia nervosa.
Example
- 1. Beyond a certain point , a sort of corporate anorexia sets in .
- 2. But for people with anorexia , meals are fraught with anxiety .
- 3. The work could also explain why people with anorexia nervosa are able to deny themselves food .
- 4. Except for people with anorexia .
- 5. When a girl with anorexia looks in a mirror she sees herself as fat or obese .