Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0809 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Anorexia: Loss of Appetite
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The idea
Anorexia names a loss of appetite, and appears in records for many conditions.
In practice
Anorexia is recorded as a symptom in infection, cancer, and medication reactions.
Where people slip
Used alone, anorexia is a symptom. A two-word term names something different.
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