Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0810 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Anorexia Nervosa
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The idea
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder involving restriction of food intake and a disturbance in how body weight or shape is experienced.
In practice
The second word distinguishes the disorder from the symptom.
Where people slip
This is a definition of a term. It is not a description anyone should measure themselves against.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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