anorexia /ˌænəˈrɛksijə/ noun Learner's definition of ANOREXIA
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: a serious physical and emotional illness in which an abnormal fear of being fat leads to very poor eating habits and dangerous weight loss ◊ Anorexia most commonly affects teenage girls and young women.厌食症,食欲缺乏(主要见于十几岁的少女和年轻女子)
— called also anorexia nervosa
— compare bulimia — anorexic
/ˌænəˈrɛksɪk/ adjective
— anorexic
noun, plural anorexics [count]