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-orexia

Portuguese, suffix

-orexia is spelled O-R-E-X-I-A (6 letters). -orexia is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “Related to appetite, desire, longing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, orexia is a different word: “orexis”.

What does -orexia mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    feminineRelated to appetite, desire, longing.

    vigor + -orexia → vigorexia

noun

as orexia
  1. 1

    feminineorexis

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. desejo, vontade de comer 2. compulsão por se alimentar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of -orexia

  • orexias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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