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9 maj 2004 · Anorexia is a serious disease where the person with the disease psychologically believes they are fat and then proceeds to starve themselves, take laxitives and vigorously exercise to try not to gain any weight.
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.
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.
Anorexic definition: a person who has or experiences anorexia or especially anorexia nervosa. . See examples of ANOREXIC used in a sentence.
a serious mental illness in which a person does not eat, or eats too little, often resulting in dangerous weight loss: As a result of her emotional problems, Amy developed anorexia by her early teens. He was hospitalized for four months with anorexia as a teenager. Fewer examples.
adjective. 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.
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.
