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anorexia nervosa Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
Abnormal loss of the desire to eat. A pathological condition, it is seen mainly in young women anxious to lose
Anorexia Nervosa Reference library
Leigh Phillips
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
A psychophysiological disorder characterized by self-starvation, excessive exercising, and obsessive behaviors surrounding food, anorexia nervosa is primarily a female illness that occurs ...
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anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa Reference library
Barbara J. Sahakian
The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)
Many people are now familiar with the disorder of anorexia nervosa, which is diagnosed by the criteria of self-induced weight loss (which may be so severe as to result in amenorrhoea in ...
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anorexia nervosa Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
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 ...
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