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anorexia

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8 lettersPronunciation /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aaeinorxStarts with AEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).

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  • intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia

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