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anorexia

Anorexia is defined as a condition in which a person is incapable of eating, or has no appetite or desire to eat.

(noun)

An example of someone with anorexia may be a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy.

The definition of anorexia is the emotional disorder called anorexia nervosa which is characterized by a refusal to eat in order to lose weight as a result of an unhealthy and inaccurate perception of body image and fear of weight gain.

(noun)

An example of someone who suffered with anorexia is Karen Carpenter.

See anorexia in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

lack of appetite for food
an eating disorder, chiefly in young women, characterized by aversion to food and obsession with weight loss, and manifested in self-induced starvation and excessive exercise, etc.: in full
cf. bulimia

Origin: ModL < Gr < an-, without + orexis, a desire for < oregein, to reach after < IE base *reg-: see right

See anorexia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun