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anorexic
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an·o·rex·ic  (n-rksk)
adj.
1. Suffering from or afflicted with anorexia nervosa.
2. Anorectic.
3. 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).
ano·rexic n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anorexic - a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
anorectic
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.1.anorexic - suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
anorectic
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
Translations
anorexic [ˌænəˈreksɪk]
A. ADJ → anoréxico
B. N → anoréxico/a m/f
anorexic [ænəˈrɛksɪk]
adj [person] → anorexique
n → anorexique mf
anorexic
adj → magersüchtig
anorexic [ænəˈreksɪk] adj, n → anoressico/a
anorexic → مُفقِد للشهية anorektický anorektisk magersüchtig ανορεξικός anoréxico anorektinen anorexique anoreksičan anoressico 拒食症的な 식욕 부진의 lijdend aan anorexie anorektisk anorektyczny anoréxico страдающий анорексией anorektisk เกี่ยวกับการทานอาหารไม่ได้ anoreksik biếng ăn 厌食的


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The stigma of anorexia nervosa as a "female problem" also prevents many male anorexics from even understanding that they have an eating disorder.
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