| 单词 | hysterical anorexia |
| 释义 | > as lemmashysterical anorexia 2. Originally with distinguishing word, as hysterical anorexia, nervous anorexia, etc. 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; = anorexia nervosa n. 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 London Med. Rec. 25 June 385/1 (heading) Lasegue on Hysterical Anorexia. 1873 tr. E. C. Lasègue in Med. Times & Gaz. 6 Sept. 266/2 It is now that is developed that mental perversion, which by itself is almost characteristic, and which justifies the name which I have proposed for want of a better—hysterical anorexia [Fr. anorexie hystérique]. 1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 1220/1 We know that there is such a thing as nervous anorexia, in which people lose the normal healthy desire for food. 1939 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Feb. 238/1 Anorexia had nothing to do Simmonds's disease. All the symptoms were due either to purely psychological factors or to starvation. 1973 Sunday Times 6 May 44/3 (heading) Anorexia—today's wasting disease. 1983 K. Payne Between Ourselves 297 My childhood was a tug of war which climaxed with me getting anorexia when I was seventeen. 2016 Teen Vogue Apr. 95/2 The most commonly discussed eating disorders are bulimia and anorexia. < as lemmas |
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