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anorexic

1 : ANORECTIC
2 : affected anorexia nervosa

anorectic

1 a : lacking appetite
2 : causing loss of appetite

anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

1 : loss of appetite especially when prolonged

anorexia nervosa

: a serious disorder in eating behavior primarily of young women in their teens and early twenties that is characterized especially by a pathological fear of weight gain leading to faulty eating patterns, malnutrition, and usually excessive weight loss