Usually means: Eating disorder characterized by undereating.
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noun:  (especially in medicine) Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
noun:  (by extension, in combination) Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.
noun:  (especially in nonmedical usage) Clipping of anorexia nervosa. [An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight.]

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