单词 | anorexia nervosa |
释义 | > as lemmasanorexia nervosa anorexia nervosa n. a condition originally described as a refusal to eat leading to emaciation in girls and women, later regarded as an eating disorder that may also affect boys and men, of which the main features are persistent limitation of calorie intake (typically leading to subnormal body weight, sometimes to a life-threatening degree), extreme fear of becoming overweight, and distorted self-perception of body weight or shape; cf. sense 2. [ < scientific Latin anorexia nervosa (see quot. 1873) < post-classical Latin anorexia anorexia n. + classical Latin nervōsa , feminine of nervōsus nervous adj.] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > eating disorders anorexia nervosa1873 bulimarexia1976 bulimia nervosa1979 1873 W. W. Gull Let. 30 Apr. in Trans. Clin. Soc. (1874) 7 v. 26 The case appears to be an extreme instance of what I have proposed to call ‘Apepsia hysterica’, or ‘Anorexia nervosa’. 1939 Psychosomatic Med. 1 335/1 The syndrome of anorexia nervosa. 2011 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 27/4 Children with anorexia nervosa have an overwhelming fear of putting on weight, or feel compelled to lose weight. < as lemmas |
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