Anorexia+nervosa

  • 41anorexia — (n.) 1590s, lack of appetite, Modern Latin, from Gk. anorexia, from an , privative prefix, without (see AN (Cf. an ) (1)) + orexis appetite, desire, from oregein to desire, stretch out (cognate with L. regere to keep straight, guide, rule; see… …

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  • 42nervosa — see ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA, PARS NERVOSA …

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  • 43anorexia — (also anorexia nervosa) ► NOUN ▪ an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. ORIGIN from Greek an without + orexis appetite …

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  • 44anorexia — [an΄ə reks′ē ə] n. [ModL < Gr < an , without + orexis, a desire for < oregein, to reach after < IE base * reg : see RIGHT] 1. lack of appetite for food 2. an eating disorder, chiefly in young women, characterized by aversion to food… …

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  • 45anorexia ner|vo|sa — «nur VOH suh», an unnatural and prolonged aversion to food that causes severe loss of weight: »Anorexia nervosa…occurs predominantly among children and adolescents (Science News) …

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  • 46Anorexia (symptom) — For other uses, see Anorexia (disambiguation) and Anorexia nervosa (disambiguation). Anorexia ICD 10 R63.0 ICD 9 783.0 Anorexia (deriving from the Greek α(ν) (a(n) , a prefix that denotes absen …

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  • 47Anorexia (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Anorexia Type = studio Artist = Showbread Released = May 13, 2008 Recorded = 2007 Genre = Raw Rock Length = 42:38 Label = Tooth and Nail Producer = Showbread Mixed by = Ulrich Wild Reviews = | Last album = Age of Reptiles… …

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  • 48Anorexia — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 R63.0 Anorexie, Appetitverlust …

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  • 49Anorexia mirabilis — Unter Anorexia mirabilis (griech./lat.: etwa „wundersame Appetitlosigkeit“) oder Inedia prodigiosa versteht man ein extremes Fasten aus religiösen Gründen. Derjenige kommt dabei mit sehr wenig Nahrung aus. Unterschiede zur Anorexia nervosa… …

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  • 50anorexia — /an euh rek see euh/, n. 1. loss of appetite and inability to eat. 2. Psychiatry. See anorexia nervosa. [1590 1600; < NL < Gk, equiv. to an AN 1 + órex(is) longing (oreg reach after + sis SIS) + ia IA] * * * ▪ pathology       persistent …

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