anoreksia
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
anoreksia (accusative singular anoreksian, plural anoreksiaj, accusative plural anoreksiajn)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English anorexia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía).
Pronunciation
Noun
anoreksia
- (colloquial) anorexia nervosa
- (pathology) anorexia (loss of appetite, especially as a symptom of disease)
Usage notes
- In common language anoreksia usually refers to anorexia nervosa and vice versa, anorexia nervosa is usually called anoreksia.
Declension
| Inflection of anoreksia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | anoreksia | anoreksiat | |
| genitive | anoreksian | anoreksioiden anoreksioitten | |
| partitive | anoreksiaa | anoreksioita | |
| illative | anoreksiaan | anoreksioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | anoreksia | anoreksiat | |
| accusative | nom. | anoreksia | anoreksiat |
| gen. | anoreksian | ||
| genitive | anoreksian | anoreksioiden anoreksioitten anoreksiain rare | |
| partitive | anoreksiaa | anoreksioita | |
| inessive | anoreksiassa | anoreksioissa | |
| elative | anoreksiasta | anoreksioista | |
| illative | anoreksiaan | anoreksioihin | |
| adessive | anoreksialla | anoreksioilla | |
| ablative | anoreksialta | anoreksioilta | |
| allative | anoreksialle | anoreksioille | |
| essive | anoreksiana | anoreksioina | |
| translative | anoreksiaksi | anoreksioiksi | |
| abessive | anoreksiatta | anoreksioitta | |
| instructive | — | anoreksioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (loss of appetite): ruokahaluttomuus
- (anorexia nervosa): laihuushäiriö, anorexia nervosa (chiefly used by medical professionals)
Related terms
Further reading
- “anoreksia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
anorèksia (uncountable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anoreksia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.