Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, especially, uncountable)Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.

    Anorexie

    аноре́ксияanoréksija, отсу́тствие аппети́таotsútstvije appetíta

    a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

  2. (broadly, countable, in compounds, uncountable)Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.

    intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I suffered from anorexia for a couple of years.

    Я страждала від анорексії протягом декількох років. — lingvokrolik

  2. She suffered from anorexia as a teenager.

    ruКогда она была подростком, она страдала анорексией. — Selena777

    deSie litt als Jugendliche an Magersucht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. My daughter has suffered from anorexia for four years.

  4. My daughter has been suffering from anorexia for four years already.

    ruМоя дочь уже четыре года страдает анорексией. — Karok

  5. Anorexia continued to dominate her life.

Translations

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha priv

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).

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