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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive exercise done in order to lose weight.

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What is the difference between anorexia and nervosa?

There is none.


What does anorexia nervous a mean?

Anorexia nervosa is a highly complicated eating disorder in which on restrains from eating for long periods of time resulting in malnourishment, hospitalization, or death.


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Are anorexia nervosa conditions related only to the digestive system?

Anorexia can affect the digestive system. But it often affetcs the internal organs (especially the heart), the nervous system, and the skeletal system, too.


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Which ailment of the nervous system is characterized by regular convulsions?

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Is there any connection between anorexia and the endorcrine system?

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Which division of the autonomic nervous system is characterized by short preganglionic and long postganglionic fibers?

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The parasympathetic nervous system is characterized by peripheral ganglia is usually near?

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What has the author Walter Langdon-Brown written?

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