anoreksi

Danish

Etymology

From the scientific term anorexia nervosa (1957), from the symptom anorexia (“loss of appetite”), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite, desire”), and Latin nervōsa (“nervous”).

Noun

anoreksi c (singular definite anoreksien, not used in plural form)

  1. anorexia nervosa

Synonyms
  • nervøs spisevægring
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