| anorexic | Lacking normal appetite. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| anorexigenic | Promoting or causing anorexia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anorexy | <medicine> Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Origin: Gr.; priv. + desire, appetite, desire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anorgasmia | Failure to experience an orgasm; may be biogenic (secondary to a physical disorder or medication), psychogenic (secondary to psychological or situational factors), or a combination of the two. Origin: G. An-priv. + orgasm + -ia (05 Mar 2000) |
| anorthic | <chemical> Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals. See: Anorthite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anorthography | Synonym: agraphia. Origin: G. An-priv. + orthos, straight, + grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| anorthoscope | <instrument, physics> An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. Origin: Gr. Priv. + straight + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anoscope | <instrument> A small viewing scope that is inserted into the anus for the purpose of viewing the anal mucosa. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anoscopy | <procedure> A diagnostic procedure where the anal mucosa and lower rectum can be directly visualised using an anoscope. Anoscopy is used to detect haemorrhoids, polyps, anal fissures and in the evaluation of anal bleeding of uncertain aetiology. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anosigmoidoscopy | Endoscopy of the anus, rectum and sigmoid colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anosmia | <symptom> The absence of the sense of smell, also called anosphrasia and olfactory anaesthesia. A symptom common to tumours of the frontal lobe of the cerebral hemispheres. (16 Dec 1997) |
| anosmic | Relating to anosmia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anosodiaphoria | Indifference, real or assumed, regarding the presence of disease, specifically of paralysis. Origin: G. A-priv. + nosos, disease, + diaphora, difference (05 Mar 2000) |
| anosognosia | Ignorance of the presence of disease, specifically of paralysis. Most often seen in patients with non-dominant parietal lobe lesions, who deny their hemiparesis. Origin: G. A-priv. + nosos, disease, + gnosis, knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| anosognosic | Relating to anosognosia. (05 Mar 2000) |