Anorexia Nervosa [mentální anorexie]
- Terms
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anorexia mentalis
anorexia nervosa
An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; refusal to maintain minimal normal weight; and AMENORRHEA. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
- Annotation
- ANOREXIA is also available
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- CUI
- M0001279
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- pathology 28
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- physiopathology 67
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