anorectic

Without desire eating

Anorectic describes something that suppresses appetite or relates to anorexia.

An anorectic drug reduces hunger; an anorectic patient suffers from the eating disorder.

As a noun, an anorectic is a person with anorexia or a substance that diminishes appetite: The doctor prescribed an anorectic to help with weight loss.

Also spelled anorexic, which is more common in everyday speech.

symptom

emaciation

Extreme bodily thinness

cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy

underweight · atrophy · bradycardia · hypotension · osteoporosis · amenorrhea · lanugo · hypothermia · dehydration · fatigue

medication

phentermine

Prescription appetite suppressant

bupropionNDRI antidepressant medication
naltrexoneDependency treatment medication
thermogenicProducing metabolic warmth

ephedrine · stimulant · prescription · amphetamine

disorder

bulimia

Disorder of bingeing and purging

purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
compulsionIrresistible urge to act
obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation

self-starvation · therapy · recovery · hospitalization · refeeding · nutritionist · psychiatrist · intervention · relapse · denial

appearance

gaunt

Lean from deprivation

emaciatedAbnormally wasted from hunger
skeletalOf or like bones
bonyThin, with protruding skeleton

wasted · sunken · frail · cadaverous · haggard · drawn · thin · withered · shrunken · pinched

Opposites

appetite/eating behavior

anorecticgluttonous

Excessively fond of eating

voracious · ravenous · insatiable · greedy · hungry

body type/weight

anorecticobese

Extremely overweight, unhealthily so

fat · overweight · corpulent · plump · chubby

pharmacological effect

anorecticappetizer

Light dish preceding main

Family

anorectal

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