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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

Food noise is also common in bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.

From Science Daily Dec. 8, 2025

He was also the first designer to ban underweight models from the runway, after the death of model Ana Carolina Reston in 2006 from anorexia nervosa.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

Thus, for example, there exists in adult life a disturbance of the nervous system which is called "anorexia nervosa."

From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron




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