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anorexia vs. anorexia nervosa

anorexia

noun

  1. Psychiatry. anorexia nervosa.
  2. loss of appetite and inability to eat.

anorexia nervosa

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. an eating disorder primarily affecting adolescent girls and young women, characterized by pathological fear of becoming fat, distorted body image, excessive dieting, and emaciation.