# anorexia nervosa

> English word · Noun

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

## 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”).

## Source
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