Definition of "anorectic" [anorectic]

• Marked by loss of appetite. (adjective)
• Suppressing or causing loss of appetite. (adjective)
• Of or affected with anorexia nervosa. (adjective)
• One who is affected with anorexia nervosa. (noun)
• An anorectic drug. (noun)

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• "Key Neurotransmitters aMSH and CART depress feeding behavior therefore called anorectic peptides"
• "Thus, we formulated our KAA diet by replacing part of the natural casein-derived protein with a KAA mixture that excluded the "anorectic" methionine and histidine."
• "Because according to all the thinking I do I should be anorectic by now, by last decade, no by last century."