transcription, транскрипция: [ -(ˌ)nər-ˈvō-sə, -zə ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, nervous anorexia
Date: 1873
: a serious disorder in eating behavior primarily of young women in their teens and early twenties that is characterized especially by a pathological fear of weight gain leading to faulty eating patterns, malnutrition, and usually excessive weight loss