anorectic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνόρεκτος (anórektos, “without appetite”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀρέγω (orégō, “to desire”).

• IPA^(key): /ænəˈɹɛktɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

anorectic (comparative more anorectic, superlative most anorectic)

1. Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa.

   Synonym: anorexic

   Coordinate term: hyporexic

   • 2004, Martin Torgoff, “White Light, White Heat”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 160:

     […] cultural historians would trace the impact of the drug across a wide spectrum of popular culture, from the Mods of Britain to the new anorectic chic of the fashion world as exemplified by models like Twiggy.

2. Causing a loss of appetite.

   anorectic agents

   anorectic drugs

anorectic (plural anorectics)

1. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic.
2. A drug or dietary supplement that reduces the appetite so as to promote weight loss.

   stimulants and anorectics

• Neoarctic, accretion

Borrowed from French anorectique.

anorectic m (plural anorectici, feminine equivalent anorectică)

1. anorexic