ANOREXIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anorexia mean? 

• ANOREXIA (noun)
  The noun ANOREXIA has 1 sense:

1. a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

  Familiarity information: ANOREXIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOREXIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anorexia" is a kind of...):

eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anorexia"):

anorexia nervosa ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated)

Derivation:

anorectic (causing loss of appetite)

anorectic; anorexic (suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin)

 Context examples 

It is also used to treat anorexia (loss of appetite) and cachexia (weakness and loss of body weight and muscle mass) in patients with AIDS.

(Megace, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include fever, anorexia, fatigue, lymphadenopathy, anemia, and hepatosplenomegaly.

(Kala-Azar, NCI Thesaurus)

The latter two areas may be concerned with taste, anorexia, cachexia, and difficulties in chewing or swallowing.

(Nutrition, Other, NCI Thesaurus)

It is toxic and suspected of causing anorexia, carcinogenesis, convulsions, and dermal irritation, as well as hepatic and renal damage.

(Piperonyl Butoxide, NCI Thesaurus)

Constitutional signs may include fever, night sweats, anorexia and cachexia.

(Paraneoplastic syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation also generates sensitivity in neighboring tissue, muscle and joint pain, fever, lethargy, and anorexia.

(Interleukin-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Intake of the guarana supplement may prevent cancer-related anorexia.

(Guarana Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

Anorexia can be caused by cancer, AIDS, a mental disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa), or other diseases.

(Anorexia, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include jaundice, abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss.

(Ampulla of Vater Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

People with anorexia nervosa have an abnormal loss of appetite for food, try to avoid eating, and eat as little as possible.

(Anorexia nervosa, NCI Dictionary)