anorexic

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adj.

Suffering from or afflicted with anorexia nervosa.
Anorectic.
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)
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Relating to or suffering from anorexia nervosa.

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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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