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anorexic

 
Dictionary: an·o·rex·ic   (ăn'ə-rĕk'sĭk) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Suffering from or afflicted with anorexia nervosa.
  2. Anorectic.
  3. Characterized by severe economy of style and expression: "The book consists of nineteen rather anorexic stories, stripped of all but vestigial traces of emotion and often of plot" (Madison Smartt Bell).
anorexic an'o·rex'ic n.

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(ăn'ə-rĕk'sĭk)
adj.

Relating to or suffering from anorexia nervosa.

an'o·rex'ic n.
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
  Synonym: anorectic


The adjective anorexic has one meaning:

Meaning #1: suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
  Synonym: anorectic


 
 

 

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