| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anorectic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·o·rec·tic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -r k t k |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also an·o·ret·ic (-rtk) |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Marked by loss of appetite. 2. Suppressing or causing loss of appetite. 3. Of or affected with anorexia nervosa. | | NOUN: | 1. One who is affected with anorexia nervosa. 2. An anorectic drug. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek anorektos, without appetite : an-, not; see a–1 + orektos, verbal adjective of oregein, to reach out for; see reg- in Appendix I.
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