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神経性無食欲症 (しんけいせいむしょくよくしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

神しん経けい性せい無む食しょく欲よく症しょう

Meanings

1

noun

anorexia nervosa

Medical term for the eating disorder characterized by restricted food intake, fear of gaining weight, and distorted body image.

神しん経けい性せい無む食しょく欲よく症しょうは、若わかい女じょ性せいに多おおい摂せっ食しょく障しょう害がいです。
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder common among young women.

Kanji

神gods, mind, soul
経sutra, longitude, pass thru
性sex, gender, nature
無

nothingness, none, ain't

食eat, food

欲longing, covetousness, greed

症symptoms, illness

Similar words

拒きょ食しょく症しょう
拒食症 is a more common, lay term for anorexia, while 神経性無食欲症 is the formal medical term.
過か食しょく症しょう
過食症 refers to bulimia nervosa, a different eating disorder involving binge eating and purging.

Etymology

Compound of 神経 (nerve, nervous), 性 (nature, -ity), 無 (without), 食欲 (appetite), and 症 (disease, condition). A direct translation of the English medical term 'anorexia nervosa'.