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noun [ C ] uk / ˌæn.əˈrek.sɪk / us / ˌæn.əˈrek.sɪk / (also anorectic, uk / ˌæn.ərˈek.tɪk / us / -əˈrek- /) a person who suffers from anorexia: Anorexics tend to be obsessional and perfectionist. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
adj. 1. Relating to or affected with anorexia nervosa. 2. Anorectic. 3. Characterized by severe economy of style and expression: "The book consists of nineteen rather anorexic stories, stripped of all but vestigial traces of emotion and often of plot" (Madison Smartt Bell). an′o·rex′ic n.
noun. : a person affected with or as if with anorexia nervosa. Examples of anorexic in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Adjective. At once too frigid and too promiscuous within the terms of early psychoanalysis, the anorexic woman’s appetites (or lack thereof) were a threat to the cultural order.
anorexic. (ænəreksɪk ) Word forms: anorexics. adjective. If someone is anorexic, they have anorexia and so are very thin. Claire had been anorexic for three years. ...an anorexic teenager. An anorexic is someone who is anorexic. Not eating makes an anorexic feel in control.
a person who suffers from anorexia: Anorexics tend to be obsessional and perfectionist. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Mental illnesses. ad. adjustment disorder. age-associated memory impairment. anhedonia. anorexia nervosa.
Definition of anorexic noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
uk / ˌæn ə rˈeksɪk / us. Add to word list. having the illness anorexia. anorexic. noun [ C ] (Definition of anorexic from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of anorexic. in Chinese (Traditional) 食慾減退的，厭食的, 患厭食症的人，厭食者… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 食欲减退的，厌食的, 患厌食症的人，厌食者… See more. in Spanish.
