| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anorexia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·o·rex·i·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -r k s - |
| NOUN: | 1. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease. 2. Anorexia nervosa. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek anorexi : an-, without; see a–1 + orexis, appetite (from oregein, to reach out for; see reg- in Appendix I).
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