Crossword clues for anorectic
anorectic
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"characterized by lack of appetite," 1832, medical Latin, from Greek anorektos "without appetite" (see anorexia). As a noun, attested from 1913.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa; anorexic. 2 Causing a loss of appetite. n. 1 A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic. 2 A drug or dietary supplement that reduces the appetite so as to promote weight loss.
WordNet
adj. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin [syn: anorexic]
causing loss of appetite; "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug" [syn: anorexigenic]
n. a person suffering from anorexia nervosa [syn: anorexic]
Wikipedia
An anorectic or anorexic (from the Greek an- = "without" and orexis = "appetite"), also known as anorexigenic, anorexiant, or appetite suppressant, is a dietary supplement and/or drug which reduces appetite, resulting in lower food consumption, leading to weight loss. By contrast, an appetite stimulant is referred to as orexigenic.
Usage examples of "anorectic".
Patients suffering from eating disorders binge on food and sometimes are both anorectic and bulimic.
Betsy perched on the arm of a sofa whose squashy cushions engulfed the anorectic ally thin journalist.
KX3 reacts with one of the hormones overproduced in an anorectic body.
He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man.
I opened them and stared through the predawn light of my bedroom to the chair beside the window with the dead geranium on the sill, where he sat, tall and thin, almost anorectic looking.
The sidewalk was filled with anorectic individuals of ambiguous gender, hugging guitar cases as if they were life preservers, dragging deeply on cigarettes and regarding the passing traffic with spaced-out apprehension.