| 单词 | muscle dysmorphia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmuscle dysmorphia muscle dysmorphia n. a psychological disorder characterized by extreme preoccupation with muscle building coupled with the belief that one's well (or excessively) developed muscles are small and weak. ΚΠ 1997 H. G. Pope et al. in Psychosomatics 38 548 In the course of several ongoing studies, the authors have encountered men and women who display a form of body dysmorphic disorder in which they become pathologically preoccupied with their degree of muscularity. This condition, which the authors have tentatively termed ‘muscle dysmorphia’, may cause severe subjective distress, impaired social and occupational functioning, and abuse of anabolic steroids and other substances. 2001 Straits Times (Singapore) 8 Apr. p7 The most likely victims of muscle dysmorphia or reverse anorexia are men fuelled by the desire to be bulky. < as lemmas |
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