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Anorexia vs Dysmorphia - What's the difference?

anorexia | dysmorphia |

As nouns the difference between anorexia and dysmorphia

is that anorexia is loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease while dysmorphia is any of various psychological disorders whose sufferers believe that their body is wrong or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").

anorexia

English

Noun

  • Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
  • Anorexia nervosa.

    • Derived terms

    * ana * anorexiant * anorexic * anorexigenic * bigorexia * manorexia * preanorexic * pro-ana

    External links

    * (wikipedia "anorexia") ----

    dysmorphia

    English

    (wikipedia dysmorphia)

    Noun

  • Any of various psychological disorders whose sufferers believe that their body is wrong or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").