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anorexic, a. and n. Med.|ænɒˈrɛksɪk|
[ad. F. anoréxique: see anorexia, -ic.]
A. adj.
1. = anorectic a. 1.
1907P. Janet Major Symptoms Hysteria xi. 238 If food is introduced by force..into the stomach of the most anorexic hysterical..you will recognize that the digestion..comes to be completely effected. 1939Proc. R. Soc. Med. XXXII. 158 When an anorexic patient begins to confide her troubles they are always associated with doubts of sexual potency. 1961Lancet 22 July 185/2 He became listless, anorexic, and increasingly sleepy, refusing to stand or crawl. 1977Lancet 29 Jan. 233/1 The affected animals have difficulty in walking, become anorexic, lose weight, and may die. 1982Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 16/1 One newspaper writes of her ‘apparent anorexic condition’.
2. = anorectic a. 2.
1967Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therap. July 32 (heading) A new anorexic agent, WY-5244: cardiovascular actions and influence on sympathomimetic amines. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. LXXXIII. 168 The anorexic action of the drug may have been exaggerated.
B. n. A person with anorexia.
1913S. E. Jelliffe tr. Déjérine & Gauckler's Psychoneuroses i. 3 These patients are what are known as mental anorexics, who..have lost a quarter, a third, and sometimes a half of their weight. 1939Proc. R. Soc. Med. XXXII. 157 The purpose of the anorexic to starve herself is of fundamental importance. 1975Daily Tel. 6 June 13/7 Anorexics are by nature ‘good’ children. 1979Dally & Gomez Anorexia Nervosa vi. 90 When the mother has to go into hospital it is the anorexic who readily takes over the running of the home. 1983Listener 10 Feb. 17/3 Compulsive runners share the same symptoms as anorexics. |