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ANORECTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anorectic mean?
• ANORECTIC (noun)
The noun ANORECTIC has 1 sense:
1. a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
Familiarity information: ANORECTIC used as a noun is very rare.
• ANORECTIC (adjective)
The adjective ANORECTIC has 2 senses:
1. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
Familiarity information: ANORECTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from anorexia nervosa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
anorectic; anorexic
Hypernyms ("anorectic" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
anorectic (suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
Synonyms:
anorectic; anorexic
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Derivation:
anorectic (a person suffering from anorexia nervosa)
anorexia (a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing loss of appetite
Synonyms:
anorectic; anorexigenic
Context example:
an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug
Similar:
causative (producing an effect)
Derivation:
anorexia (a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite)
Context examples
A broad-spectrum peptide nucleic acid formulation comprised of breakdown products of casein, peptone, RNA and serum albumin, with potential anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anti-anorectic and anti-cachexia activities.
(Immunomodulator OHR/AVR118, NCI Thesaurus)
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