anorexia nervosa
n. mental disorder characterized by avoidance of food and compulsive weight control that sometimes leads to self-starvation (Psychiatry) | ||||
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Anorexia nervosa Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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anorexia nervosa
Noun
1. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated
(hypernym) anorexia
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Noun
1. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated
(hypernym) anorexia
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Anorexia nervosa Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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anorexia nervosa
An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image. People with anorexia nervosa have an abnormal loss of appetite for food, try to avoid eating, and eat as little as possible.
An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image. People with anorexia nervosa have an abnormal loss of appetite for food, try to avoid eating, and eat as little as possible.
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
Anorexia nervosa
A decreased appetite or aversion to food. Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychological disorder characterized by an extreme aversion to food, most often affecting young women.
A decreased appetite or aversion to food. Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychological disorder characterized by an extreme aversion to food, most often affecting young women.
anorexia
noun
loss of appetite
anorexia nervosa = psychological condition (usually found in girls) where the patient refuses to eat because of a fear of becoming fat
| The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health |
anorexia nervosa (AN, anorexia)
That eating disorder characterized by refusal to keep one’s body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for one’s age and height; an intense, irrational fear of weight gain or of becoming fat; and a misperception of the weight or shape of one’s body, an excessive influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of one’s subnormal weight status. In females who have experienced menarche, anorexia is further characterized by non-occurrence of natural menstruation for three consecutive months.
That eating disorder characterized by refusal to keep one’s body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for one’s age and height; an intense, irrational fear of weight gain or of becoming fat; and a misperception of the weight or shape of one’s body, an excessive influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of one’s subnormal weight status. In females who have experienced menarche, anorexia is further characterized by non-occurrence of natural menstruation for three consecutive months.
Anorexia nervosa Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Anorexia nervosa
- For the symphonic black metal band, see Anorexia Nervosa (band)''
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