anorectic (redirected from Appetite depressants)

an·o·rec·tic  (n-rktk) also an·o·ret·ic (-rtk)

adj.

1. Marked by loss of appetite.

2. Suppressing or causing loss of appetite.

3. Of or affected with anorexia nervosa.

n.

1. One who is affected with anorexia nervosa.

2. An anorectic drug.

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[From Greek anorektos, without appetite : an-, not; see a-¹ + orektos, verbal adjective of oregein, to reach out for; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anorectic - a person suffering from anorexia nervosa anorexic diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.	1.	anorectic - suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin anorexic lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
	2.	anorectic - causing loss of appetite; "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug" anorexigenic causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"