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Meaning of "hyperorexia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYPEROREXIA

From hyper- + Greek orexis appetite.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPEROREXIA

hyperorexia  [ˌhaɪpərɒˈrɛksɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPEROREXIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hyperorexia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPEROREXIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hyperorexia in the English dictionary

The definition of hyperorexia in the dictionary is compulsive overeating.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPEROREXIA


alexia
əˈlɛksɪə
anorexia
ˌænɒˈrɛksɪə
anoxia
ænˈɒksɪə
apyrexia
ˌæpaɪˈrɛksɪə
asphyxia
æsˈfɪksɪə
ataraxia
ˌætəˈræksɪə
ataxia
əˈtæksɪə
banksia
ˈbæŋksɪə
Brixia
ˈbrɪksɪə
cachexia
kəˈkɛksɪə
dyslexia
dɪsˈlɛksɪə
dyspraxia
dɪsˈpræksɪə
hyperprosexia
ˌhaɪpəprɒˈsɛksɪə
hyperpyrexia
ˌhaɪpəpaɪˈrɛksɪə
hypoxia
haɪˈpɒksɪə
ixia
ˈɪksɪə
orthorexia
ˈɔːθəˌrɛksɪə
paralexia
ˌpærəˈlɛksɪə
pyrexia
paɪˈrɛksɪə
sexier
ˈseksɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPEROREXIA

hypermutable
hypernatraemia
hypernova
hypernovae
hypernym
hypernymy
hyperon
hyperope
hyperopia
hyperopic
hyperosmia
hyperostoses
hyperostosis
hyperostotic
hyperparasite
hyperparasitic
hyperparasitism
hyperphagia
hyperphagic
hyperphrygian

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPEROREXIA

corporate anorexia
dystaxia
echopraxia
eutaxia
heterotaxia
locomotor ataxia
panmixia
pleonexia
pyrrhuloxia
pyxia
wuxia

Synonyms and antonyms of hyperorexia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hyperorexia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPEROREXIA

Find out the translation of hyperorexia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hyperorexia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hyperorexia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hyperorexia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hiperorexia
570 millions of speakers

English

hyperorexia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hyperorexia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرط الشهية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hyperorexia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hyperorexia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hyperorexia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hyperorexia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hyperorexia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hyperorexia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過食症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과식증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hyperorexia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hyperorexia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பசிமிகைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपरॉरेक्सिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hyperorexia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hyperorexia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hyperorexia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hyperorexia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hyperorexia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

hyperorexia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hyperorexia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hyperorexia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hyperorexia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hyperorexia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPEROREXIA»

The term «hyperorexia» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.099 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPEROREXIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hyperorexia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hyperorexia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hyperorexia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPEROREXIA»

Discover the use of hyperorexia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hyperorexia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of Biological Psychology
hyperorexia. Rather antique term indicating over-eating; see BULIMIA NERVOSA ; EATING DISORDERS; HYPERPHAGIA. hyperosmia. Exceptional sensitive olfactory ability; see OLFACTION; SMELL; STEREOCHEMICAL THEORY OF ...
Philip Winn, 2003
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Psychology - Nutrition: Appetite, Diets, Drinking, Essential ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia.
Source Wikia, 2011
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The Year Book of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery
Psychogenic Anorexia and Hyperorexia among Siblings. Kai Tolstrup" (Odense, Denmark) studied two families in which the symptom constellation of hyperorexia -anorexia appeared in the children. In family 1, an examination of two sisters ...
‎1954
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A Dictionary of Psychology
355 hypertonic hyperorexia n. Excessive appetite; another name for 'bulimia (1). The term is usually restricted to cases in which it is not caused by a brain lesion. Compare HYPERPHAGIA. [From Greek hyper over + orexis appetite + -ia ...
Andrew M. Colman, 2009
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The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders, Third Edition
Then in 1894, in Germany, O. Soltmann posited “nutritional neuroses” such as “ hyperorexia,” of which bulimia was taken to be a symptom. According to Soltmann, hyperorexia, a syndrome, might be partly neurotic and partly biological in origin, ...
Dana K. Cassell, David H. Gleaves, 2009
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Writing Size Zero: Figuring Anorexia in Contemporary World ...
We then find hyperorexia nervosa "characterized by a greedy, urging, and compulsive desire for food; excessive food intake, at times preferably in the evening or at night; increase of body weight; vomiting (possibly leading to normal weight or ...
Isabelle Meuret, 2007
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Acta paediatrica scandinavica
As a working-hypothesis obesity was taken to be a direct consequence of a pathologically increased appetite — here called hyperorexia. The primary object was to search for the characteristic family frame as Beuch described it. If 'family ...
‎1953
8
Proceedings: of the 13th European Conference on Psychomatic ...
The hyperorexia outlined here has a place among the eating disturbances between Anorexia and Obesity. All together show a compulsive much- eating respectively a hyperphagia. This is a valid for a part of the obesity but also for some ...
Günsel Koptagel-Ilal, Ömer Tuncer, 1981
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Excerpta Medica: Pediatrics
TOLSTRUP K. Child. Hosp., Odense; Odense med. Sch. Board Psychogenic anorexia and hyperorexia among siblings Acta paediatr. (Uppsala) 1952, 41/4 ( 360-372) Detailed analytical observations were made on the siblings of 2 families.
‎1953
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The Military Surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military ...
HYPEROREXIA AND LOSS OF WEIGHT: A PSYCHOSOMATIC CAUSE; REPORT OF A CASE By JOHN BRICE PLASS, M.D. THE PSYCHOTIC STATES: CORRELATIONS OF BIOCHEMICAL AND HISTOLOGIC CHANGES IN. Brown.
‎1949

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« EDUCALINGO. Hyperorexia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hyperorexia>. May 2024 ».
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