anorexia nervosa

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   (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated

   Broaderanorexia

   psychiatry

Questions about anorexia nervosa

What does anorexia nervosa mean?

anorexia nervosa means "(psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated".

Is anorexia nervosa a common word?

anorexia nervosa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.