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anorexia nervosa

[an-uh-rek-see-uh nur-voh-suh] / ˌæn əˈrɛk si ə nɜrˈvoʊ sə /
NOUN
eating disorder
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Fans, their parents and eating-disorder recovery advocates were scared, making comparisons to Karen Carpenter, the 70s musical icon who died of anorexia nervosa at 32.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Two years after Mary-Kate Olsen checked herself into rehab for anorexia nervosa, eating disorders turned a hypercritical eye toward every young starlet.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Clinicians continue to debate how best to define it, as orthorexia can share features of anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

From Slate ● May 25, 2025

After plucking up the courage to seek help, I was eventually diagnosed with anorexia nervosa with binging tendencies.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025

A peculiar type of anorexia is that striking and remarkable digestive disturbance of hysteria which Sir William Gull has called anorexia nervosa.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle


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