anorexia
noun
an·orex·ia
ˌa-nə-ˈrek-sē-ə 
-ˈrek-shə
1
: loss of appetite especially when prolonged
2
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Her two-decade-long struggle with anorexia left her with physical damage and potential future health consequences.
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Andrea Kane, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The condition is often confused with more common eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia, but ARFID is not about a person’s self-image or drive to be thin, according to mental health experts.
—Rachel Wenzlaff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Its potential for treating other conditions, such as addiction and anorexia, is also uncertain.
—Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Other Causes Other causes of anorexia can easily be missed but may be significant.
—Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2024
As the show depicts, the writer repaid all that intimacy by setting a bonfire to the swans’ vanities — the alcohol, the anorexia, the plastic surgery, the straying husbands, not to mention the streak of feral bitchiness, which matched his own.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
The album will capture the singer’s battles with body dysmorphia, anorexia, and addiction, according to a press release.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Naomi had read Yager’s paper about terminal anorexia.
—Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
Andrea Kane, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The condition is often confused with more common eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia, but ARFID is not about a person’s self-image or drive to be thin, according to mental health experts.
—Rachel Wenzlaff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Its potential for treating other conditions, such as addiction and anorexia, is also uncertain.
—Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Other Causes Other causes of anorexia can easily be missed but may be significant.
—Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2024
As the show depicts, the writer repaid all that intimacy by setting a bonfire to the swans’ vanities — the alcohol, the anorexia, the plastic surgery, the straying husbands, not to mention the streak of feral bitchiness, which matched his own.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
The album will capture the singer’s battles with body dysmorphia, anorexia, and addiction, according to a press release.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Naomi had read Yager’s paper about terminal anorexia.
—Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
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anorexia
noun
an·orex·ia
ˌan-ə-ˈrek-sē-ə
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anorexia
noun
an·orex·ia
ˌan-ə-ˈrek-sē-ə, -ˈrek-shə
1
: loss of appetite especially when prolonged
2
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