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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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a psychological disorder marked by the inability to eat or the persistent refusal of food; anorexia nervosa. (Cf. bulimarexia.)
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| derivations: |
anorectic (adj.), anorexic (adj.) |
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