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anorexic

Pronunciation: /anəˈrɛksɪk/
(also anorectic /-ˈrɛktɪk/)
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Definition of anorexic

adjective

  • relating to, characterized by, or suffering from anorexia.
  • informal extremely thin: the body is positively anorexic, helping to keep the guitar’s weight within reasonable limits

noun

  • 1a person suffering from anorexia.
  • 2 (anorectic) a medicine which produces a loss of appetite.

Derivatives

anorexically

adverb

anorexic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of anorexic in the US English dictionary