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anorexia

/ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/ noun

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  1. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
  2. Ellipsis of anorexia nervosa.
  3. Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.
    intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia

Origin

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

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