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World Encyclopedia
... nervosa Abnormal loss of the desire to eat. A pathological condition, it is seen mainly in young women anxious to lose weight. It can result in severe emaciation and in rare cases may be life-threatening. See also bulimia ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
... nervosa An eating disorder (usually abbreviated as anorexia and sometimes called self-starvation syndrome) characterized by loss of appetite and desire for food, a refusal to maintain body weight over minimal weight for age and height, an intense fear of becoming fat or gaining weight, a distorted body image, and (in females) amenorrhoea. A persistent anorexic may suffer serious medical complications and the condition can be fatal. Anorexia nervosa occurs in males and females, but is most frequent in adolescent girls. Gymnasts, cheerleaders, and dancers...
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (4 ed.)
... nervosa An eating disorder in which low body weight is an essential diagnostic criterion. There is some degree of overlap with bulimia nervosa , and some authorities subdivide anorexia nervosa into binge-purging and pure restricting subtypes. Characterized by loss of appetite, leading to severe energy deficit. The result is a very considerable loss of weight, with tissue atrophy and a fall in basal metabolic rate. It is especially prevalent among adolescent girls; when body weight falls below about 45 kg there is a cessation of menstruation. A...
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Heather Munro Prescott
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
...disease and those with anorexia nervosa shared a common set of symptoms, endocrinologists suggested that a deficiency or absence of pituitary hormone was the cause of both conditions. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic argued that anorexia nervosa was a metabolic disorder caused by thyroid deficiency. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, endocrinologists proposed several other hormones, including insulin, antuitrin, and estrogen, as treatments for anorexia nervosa ( Brumberg, 1988 ). The second major approach to the treatment of anorexia nervosa grew out of the work of...
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A Dictionary of Dentistry (2 ed.)
...A. , Milosevic A. The eating disorders: 1 current scientific understanding and dental implications. Dent Update 2007;34:544–54. http://www.medicinenet.com/anorexia_nervosa/article.htm MedicineNet page that provides information on the symptoms, treatment, and causes of anorexia nervosa...
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Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
... nervosa a psychiatric illness in which the patients starve themselves or use other techniques, such as vomiting or taking laxatives, to induce weight loss. To fulfil ICD-10 criteria for anorexia nervosa a patient must have a distorted body image (thinking they are overweight when they are not), a defined weight loss or body mass index reduction, amenorrhoea, and vomiting or purging. The illness is most common in female adolescents, but about 10% of sufferers are male. There is a significant mortality associated with anorexia nervosa because of the...
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A Dictionary of Gender Studies
...anorexia nervosa A physical and psychological illness, associated with an obsessive fear of becoming fat, with questions of bodily control, self-starvation to the point of total emaciation, and death. Its causes are not well understood; explanations range from disorders in the brain, to problems with bodily self-image, to family dysfunction. Anorexia has long been considered a problem affecting young girls in particular; the singer Karen Carpenter was one of its more prominent victims. Some feminists have interpreted anorexia as young women’s response to their...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... nervosa n. An eating disorder in DSM-5 usually (but not exclusively) occurring in adolescent girls and young women, characterized by intense fear of becoming fat even though underweight, a refusal to maintain body weight at a normal level (at least 85 per cent of expected weight for sex, age, and height), disturbances in body image, and sometimes amenorrhoea. People with the disorder avoid eating even though hungry, and it is distinguished in careful usage from anorexia . It is popularly (and misleadingly) known as the slimmers' disease . See...
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Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise (2 ed.)
... nervosa Anorexia nervosa is usually abbreviated to anorexia, and is sometimes referred to as self-starvation syndrome. It is a potentially fatal eating disorder in which there is a loss of appetite or desire for food, leading to severe loss of body weight. Clinical diagnosis is usually based on the following criteria: • weight less than 85 per cent ideal weight • intense fear of becoming obese, even when underweight • disturbance of body image (i.e. feeling fat even when thin) • in women, cessation of periods for three or more consecutive cycles...
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Leigh Phillips
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
... Nervosa . A psychophysiological disorder characterized by self-starvation, excessive exercising, and obsessive behaviors surrounding food, anorexia nervosa is primarily a female illness that occurs in adolescence and young adulthood; 8 million American women struggle with eating disorders, as compared to 1 million males. Anorexia is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses in young women and is thought to be contingent upon sociological and cultural factors. Symptoms of anorexia include intense fear of fat, loss of menses, disturbance in body image,...
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A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care (2 ed.)
... nervosa An eating disorder characterized by a severe and persistent disturbance in eating attitudes and behaviour as a consequence of experiencing an intense fear of gaining weight and a disturbance in the perception of body shape or weight. The intake of calories is severely restricted and excessive exercise may be undertaken, leading to malnutrition, serious physical health complications, and an abnormally low body weight, all of which can be life-threatening. The condition can cause acute psychological distress and significantly interfere with daily living...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
...anorexia nervosa n . Another name for muscle dysmorphia. See also bigorexia . Compare anorexia nervosa...
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Barbara J. Sahakian
The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)
...of Anorexia Nervosa . Crisp, A. H. (1977). ‘ Anorexia nervosa ’. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine , 70. Dally, P. (1977). ‘ Anorexia nervosa: do we need a scape-goat? ’ Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine , 70. Lask, B. , and Bryant-Waugh, R. (2000). Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (2nd edn.). Minuchin, S. , Rosman, B. , and Baker, L. (1978), Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context . Russell, G. F. M. (1979). ‘ Bulimia nervosa: an ominous variant of anorexia nervosa ’. ...
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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2 ed.)
... nervosa • anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa, curiosa, Formosa, grocer, samosa, Via Dolorosa • coaxer , hoaxer • greengrocer • rejoicer , voicer • Abu Musa , Appaloosa, babirusa, inducer, introducer, juicer, producer, reducer, rusa, seducer, sprucer, traducer • discusser , fusser, trusser • propulsor , Tulsa, ulcer • oncer • conveyancer • piercer • influencer • Odense • balancer • silencer • grimacer • trespasser • harasser • remembrancer • licenser , licensor • traverser • canvasser • sequencer • bursar , converser, curser, cursor,...
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
... nervosa noun phrase L19 Late Latin (= nervous anorexia) Chronic anorexia induced by emotional...
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