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Noun: anorexia nervosa
  1. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated
    "She was hospitalized for anorexia nervosa after her weight dropped dangerously low";
    - anorexia

Type of: anorexia

Encyclopedia: Anorexia nervosa