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anorectic /ano·rec·tic/ (an″o-rek´tik) 1. pertaining to anorexia. 2. an agent that diminishes the appetite.
anorectic [an′ōrek′tik] 1 pertaining to anorexia. 3 causing a loss of appetite, as an anorexiant drug. Also anorectous, anorexiant, anorexic. anorectic 1. pertaining to anorexia. 2. an agent that diminishes the appetite for food. anorectic adjective Referring to anorexia noun A person with anorexia nervosa See Anorexia nervosa, Anorexic. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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159) The mechanisms by which these agents act differ from those of the anorectic drugs that were removed from the market in 1997 (ie, fenfluraminephentermine) following their association with valvular heart disease. Heather Munro Prescott's "Anorexia Nervosa," for example, summarizes the class, cultural, and ethnic assumptions about anorectics, and concludes that "the standard image of anorexia nervosa as a privileged white girl's disease is increasingly being called into question. The eviscerated figure of withdrawal occupies a zone where presumed opposites inhabit the same space: The Hunger Artist is at once abject and proud, celebrity and loser, starving and sated, anorectic and overindulged. |
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