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English
Etymology
From anorexia + -genic.
Adjective
anorexigenic (comparative more anorexigenic, superlative most anorexigenic)
- (medicine) creating or inducing a state of anorexia
- Antonym: orexigenic
- 1969, Frank P. Palopoli, "Anorexigenic Agents", chapter 5 of Cornelius K. Cain (editor-in-chief), Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, 1969, Academic Press (1970), →ISBN, page 40:
- No major advances were reported in the field of anorexigenic agents during the two year period 1968–1969.
1992, George I. Poos, “Anorexigenic Agents”, in Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, volumes 27-28, page 51:Because of its efficacy and widespread clinical usage, amphetamine has been the standard anorexigenic drug for some time.
2008, George A. Bray, Claude Bouchard, Handbook of Obesity: Clinical Applications, page 378:Within this neural circuitry, numerous neuropeptides, both orexigenic (stimulate food intake) and anorexigenic (inhibit food intake), were discovered.
Translations
creating or inducing a state of anorexia
Noun
anorexigenic (plural anorexigenics)
- An anorexigenic agent.
- Antonym: orexigenic