Anorexia
Anorexia is a condition where a person experiences a loss of appetite; it is distinguished from anorexia nervosa, a serious nervous condition where the person, usually a young woman, experiences extreme aversion to food due to emotional reasons, resulting in life-threatening weight loss.
References
Ingelfinger, F.J. 1980. Dorlands Medical Dictionary. Saunders Press Pub., Philadelphia. 740.
Taylor, E.J. 1988. Dorlands Medical Dictionary. W.B. Saunders Press Publishing, Philadelphia. 93.
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