Anorexia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anorexia \an`o*rex"i*a\ ([a^]n`[-o]*r[e^]ks"[i^]*[.a]), anorexy
  \an"o*rex`y\ ([a^]n"[-o]*r[e^]ks`[y^])n. [Gr. 'anorexi`a; 'an
     priv. + 'o`rexis desire, appetite, 'ore`gein desire.] (Med.)
     Loss of appetite for food. --Coxe.
     [1913 Webster + AS]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anorexia
       n : a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite