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DictionaryRoot: orexis
Greek

orexis

appetite, desire

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A distressed adult sits with a therapist beside a small ordinary meal, hands tensely clasped and expression anxious as the therapist offers calm support; represent eating-disorder care without thinness ideals, body distortion, scales, measurements or harmful instructions.
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anorexia

an-uh-REK-see-uh/ˌænəˈreksiə/

An eating disorder involving severe food restriction and a distorted view of one's body.

Etymology
anGreeknot or without
+orexGreekappetite, desire
+iaGreeka state, quality, or condition

The pieces name a state of “lack of appetite,” the word’s original medical meaning. In the selected modern sense, anorexia is short for anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder involving self-starvation and fear of weight gain.

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