anorexia

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anorexia — noun

1. a serious mental health condition that causes someone to greatly limit how much

1.名詞B2
釋義

a serious mental health condition that causes someone to greatly limit how much food they eat because they are terrified of gaining weight, even when their body weight is already far below what is healthy.

例句

Tyler stopped joining family meals and lost ten kilograms in two months.

collocation: lost over [number] kilograms — rapid weight loss as a symptom

The clinic offered a special program to help young people recover from anorexia.

同義詞

用法筆記

Anorexia is a medical diagnosis — it should not be used casually to describe someone who is just eating lightly or dieting. The full clinical name is anorexia nervosa.

常見錯誤

❌She has anorexia because she skipped breakfast.
✅She was diagnosed with anorexia after months of extreme food restriction and rapid weight loss.
💡Anorexia is a serious psychiatric disorder, not a temporary eating pattern.
❌I think I have anorexia because I lost my appetite.
✅A loss of appetite can have many causes; anorexia nervosa is a specific mental illness involving fear of weight gain.
💡General loss of appetite is a symptom of many conditions, not the same as anorexia nervosa.
❌He got anorexia from trying to lose weight for a wedding.
✅Dieting can be a trigger, but anorexia develops from a complex mix of genetic, psychological, and social factors.
💡Reducing anorexia to a single cause oversimplifies a serious mental illness.