anorexia nervosa

English

Etymology

From the scientific term anorexia nervosa (1957), from the symptom anorexia (loss of appetite), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, without) + ὄρεξις (órexis, appetite, desire), and Latin nervōsa (nervous).

Noun

anorexia nervosa (uncountable)

  1. An eating disorder characterized by self starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight.

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Finnish

Noun

anorexia nervosa

  1. (pathology) anorexia nervosa (serious eating disorder)

Declension

Inflection of anorexia nervosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative anorexia nervosa
genitive anorexia nervosan
partitive anorexia nervosaa
illative anorexia nervosaan
singular plural
nominative anorexia nervosa
accusative nom. anorexia nervosa
gen. anorexia nervosan
genitive anorexia nervosan
partitive anorexia nervosaa
inessive anorexia nervosassa
elative anorexia nervosasta
illative anorexia nervosaan
adessive anorexia nervosalla
ablative anorexia nervosalta
allative anorexia nervosalle
essive anorexia nervosana
translative anorexia nervosaksi
instructive
abessive anorexia nervosatta
comitative

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Portuguese

Noun

anorexia nervosa f (uncountable)

  1. anorexia nervosa (disorder characterised by self-starvation)
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