anorecticadj.n.
Med.
A. adj.
1. Characterized by a lack of appetite, spec. anorexia nervosa.
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bulimic1823
anorectic1894
anorexic1907
bulimarexic1976
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off one's oats1873
anorectous1880
anorectic1894
anorexic1907
1894 in G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. 90/2.
1927 Arch. Pediatrics XLIV. 179 The anorectic child should not be overburdened with excessive school work.
1956 Amer. Jrnl. Orthopsychiatry 26 751 The patient is..alternately bulimic..and ‘self-starving’ prior to the onset of the final full-blown progressive anorectic state.
1968 Vet. Med. Small Animal Clin. LXIII. 769 (heading) A new approach to feeding the anorectic and debilitated small animal patient.
1985 Listener 31 Jan. 12/3 This condition, which almost exclusively affects females, on average slightly older than the anorectic patient, comprises chaotic eating patterns with alternate bouts of carbohydrate bingeing.
2. Producing a loss of appetite.
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anorexigenic1948
anorexiant1957
anorectic1958
anorexic1967
1958 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 May 434/1 Determinations of anorectic effect of 1-phenyl-2-aminopropane alginate..were made in dogs.
1966 D. M. Dunlop & S. Alstead Textbk. Med. Treatm. (ed. 10) 369 The prescription of an anorectic drug is never justified at the beginning of the dietary treatment of an obese person.
1972 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Feb. 562/1 Both fenfluramine and diethylpropion have been shown in controlled clinical trials..to have a significant anorectic effect and appear to be well tolerated and safe.
1983 Oxf. Textbk. Med. I. viii. 41 Anorectic drugs have fallen into disrepute because one of the most effective agents, amphetamine, proved to be addictive.
B. n.
1. An anorectic agent.
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Preludin1954
phenmetrazine1956
anorectic1957
anorexiant1957
appetite suppressant1958
anoretic1961
phentermine1961
fenfluramine1964
fen-phen1993
phen-fen1994
1957 Dorland's Med. Dict. (ed. 23) 94/2 Anorectic, a substance which diminishes the appetite.
1958 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 May 433 (heading) New anorectic.
1965 Psychosomatics Nov.–Dec. 410 (heading) How reliable are patients in judging anorectics?
1976 Chem. Week 1 Dec. 5/1 Gaylord Nelson's..Senate Monopoly Subcommittee has concluded five days of hearings on amphetamines and..anorectics.
1978 Nature 19 Oct. 597/1 A variety of drugs active on the central nervous system, including neuroleptics (chlorpromazine),..anorectics (fenfluramine) and some barbiturates, also display maturational activity.
2. = anorexic n.
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bulimic1886
anorexic1913
binge eater1960
anoretic1961
bulimarexic1976
anorectic1977
1977 Times 29 Nov. 20 The full-blown anorectic has totally rejected this fatness, together with the biological..maturity that it heralds.
1983 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 827/1 He is harsh with the parents of anorectics.
1986 S. Orbach Hunger Strike 14 While the anorectic comes to fear taking in food herself, she feels the need to be near it.
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adj.n.1894