Word: amennorhea
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...textbook definition of anorexia nervosa is "a chronic illness principally affecting young girls after puberty. It is characterized by severe weight loss which is self-induced, amennorhea [loss of period], and a specific psychopathology." However, after a century of research on anorexia nervosa, this definition does not hold up well. The psychopathological basis for the disease is still not defined specifically enough to bring doctors who treat anorexia to a consenus on its cause. Furthermore, one in ten diagnosed anorexics is male...
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