anorexic
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌænəˈrɛksɪk/
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anoréxico
- The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT; Garner & Garfinkel, 1979) is a psychological measure of anorexic/bulimic-like attitudes and beliefs.
- anorexic patients
- anorexic women
- anorexic and bulimic
Puerto Mizmos, you're anorexic, like you don't eat, you're flat.
- Puerto Mizmos, you're anorexic, like you don't eat, you're flat.
- And it became, I mean, I grew up with a mom who is, you know, anorexic or borderline anorexic.
Examples
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Everyone thought I was bulimic or anorexic, which is not true and not very nice.
Blog text (13) -
Her face was sharply lined, almost anorexic, still beautiful but harsh and pale as raw quartz.
Fiction book (1999) -
"I have a cousin who got sent home from Europe because she went anorexic."
Fiction book (2001) -
I worry about, you know, how much pressure my daughters feel in a society that features anorexic actresses and models and television stars.
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I never really understood what reviling the bodies of anorexic women was supposed to accomplish anyway.
Blog text (2) -
The dieter becomes an anorexic craving the feel of hunger; the bodybuilder an addict of "the pump."
Academic text (2000) -
And I did not pathologically starve myself as an anorexic, nor binge and purge myself as a bulimic.
Fiction book (1994) -
After struggling with her eating habits, she was diagnosed as anorexic and began therapy.
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The documentary highlighted the serious consequences faced by individuals who are anorexic.
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Many anorexic patients often have a distorted perception of their body image.
Synonyms
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Having little body fat and a slim shape
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1.3
Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy
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7.8
Extremely thin from illness or lack of food with bones showing
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3.1
Very thin and below a healthy weight for their age and height
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7.0
Very thin person with little or no fat
Being very thin because they try not to eat
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Morphology
Etymology
Anorexic comes from Greek parts an- 'without' and orexis 'appetite'. As an adjective, anorexic describes someone who has very little 'appetite' or who is extremely thin because of the eating disorder.