ANOREXIA NERVOSA


Meaning of ANOREXIA NERVOSA in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.