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'''Anorexia''' is a physical symptom also known as '''appetite loss''', but the term ''anorexia'' is also sometimes used to refer to the mental and behavioral illness [[Anorexia_and_eating_disorders#anorexianervosa|Anorexia Nervosa]]. This page is about appetite loss.
'''Anorexia''' is a physical symptom also known as '''appetite loss''' causing an inability to eat.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions|pages=102|isbn=978-0-7295-8691-7|edition=Revised 3rd Anz|volume=|language=en|title-link=|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z46ADwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&lpg=PA102&dq=anorexia%20appetite%20loss%20intitle:dictionary&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q&f=true|access-date=|date=2018-08-22|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|last=Harris|first=Peter|author-link=|last2=Nagy|first2=Sue|author-link2=|last3=Vardaxis|first3=Nicholas|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|author-link7=|last8=|first8=|author-link8=|last9=|first9=|author-link9=|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last=|editor-first=|editor1-link=|editor-last2=|editor-first2=}}</ref>
 
[[Anorexia_and_eating_disorders#anorexianervosa|Anorexia Nervosa]] mental and behavioral illness which involves a refusal to eat either with or without appetite loss combined with fears of being fat and other factors. <ref name=":0" />This page is about anorexia appetite loss.


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Anorexia is a physical symptom also known as appetite loss causing an inability to eat.[1]

Anorexia Nervosa mental and behavioral illness which involves a refusal to eat either with or without appetite loss combined with fears of being fat and other factors. [1]This page is about anorexia appetite loss.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Harris, Peter; Nagy, Sue; Vardaxis, Nicholas (August 22, 2018). Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions (Revised 3rd Anz ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7295-8691-7.