anorexia
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anorexia
- /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).
noun anorexias
- Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
- Ellipsis of anorexia nervosa The average age for the onset of anorexia used to be 13 to 17. Now it's 9 to 12, and children as young as 7 have been diagnosed, says Abigail Natenshon, a psychotherapist and author of "When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder."
- Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something. intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cachexia, appetite, sudden, nervosa, undereating, hyporexia, inappetence, hypoalimentation, underfeeding, inanition, malnourishment, dysorexia, anorexia mirabilis, acoria, green sickness, wasting disease
Translations
Talk about this word "anorexia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/anorexia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. anorexia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/anorexia "anorexia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/anorexia.Cite this
@misc{anorexia_2026,
title = {anorexia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anorexia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
