Definition of Anorexy

1. Noun. (archaic form of anorexia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anorexy

1. anorexia [n -OREXIES] - See also: anorexia

Medical Definition of Anorexy

1. Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Origin: Gr.; priv. + desire, appetite, desire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anorexy

anorectically
anorectics
anoretic
anoretics
anorexia
anorexia nervosa
anorexiant
anorexiants
anorexias
anorexic
anorexically
anorexics
anorexies
anorexigenic
anorexigenics
anorexy (current term)
anormal
anorthic
anorthite
anorthites
anorthitic
anorthoclase
anorthoclases
anorthography
anorthominasragrite
anorthopia
anorthopias
anorthoscope

Literary usage of Anorexy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1813)
"... Casts cf anorexy. By BENJAMIN GRANGER, Surgeon. CINCE reading the account of Ann Moore's case, by Dr Hen* ^ derson, I have seen the patient, ..."

2. Western Lancet: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery (1855)
"Then the anorexy would correspond to the augmented frequency of the pulse, and for the ramification of the pneumo-gastric nerve in the lungs, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"... frequently complained of sickness and anorexy, and had occasional vomiting, yet nausea was not a very prominent or distressing symptom. ..."

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