different between anorexia vs orexigenic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (anorexía), from ??- (an-, “without”) + ?????? (órexis, “appetite”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn????ksi.?/

Noun

anorexia (countable and uncountable, plural anorexias)

1. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
2. Anorexia nervosa.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• anorexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (anorexía).

Noun

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

   Synonym: anorexia nerviosa

Derived terms

• anoréxico

Further reading

• “anorexia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (anorexía).

Noun

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

   Synonym: anorexia nervosa

Derived terms

• anoréxico

Further reading

• “anorexia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (anorexía).

Noun

anorexia f (plural anorexias)

1. anorexia (anorexia nervosa)

   Synonyms: anorexia mental, anorexia nerviosa

Derived terms

• anoréxico

Further reading

• “anorexia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ?????? (órexis, “appetite”) +? -genic

Adjective

orexigenic (comparative more orexigenic, superlative most orexigenic)

1. That stimulates the appetite.

   Antonym: anorexigenic

Related terms

• anorexia

Noun

orexigenic (plural orexigenics)

1. Appetite stimulant

   Synonym: orexigen

   Antonym: anorexigenic