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Anorexia Pronunciation
Anorexia is pronounced a-ner-EK-see-uh, IPA /ˌænɝˈɛksiə/.
a-ner-EK-see-uh
US /ˌænɝˈɛksiə/ · UK /ˌænɔːˈrɛksiə/
Syllables: a · ner · EK · see · uh (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: An eating disorder marked by refusal to eat enough and a distorted view of one's own body.
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Anorexia in a Sentence
- The unit treats anorexia in young adults.
- Anorexia was first described clinically in 1873.
- Her recovery from anorexia took most of a decade.
Common Mispronunciations of Anorexia
Not a-NOR-eks-ee-uh
EK is the peak, late in the word, and everything before it is light. The Greek root orexis, appetite, is what the beat is sitting on.
Not a-nuh-REK-shuh
The xia ending keeps two beats, see and uh, so the word runs to five in all. Collapsing them into a shuh leaves four.
Tip: British dictionaries put a full aw in the second beat, a-naw-REK-see-uh, where American speech reduces it to ner.
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