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Webster 1913 Edition

Sitophobia

Siˊto-pho′bi-a

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] food + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] fear.]

(Med.)

A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.

[Written also

sitiophobia

.]

Definition 2024

sitophobia

sitophobia

English

Noun

sitophobia ‎(uncountable)

(pathology) A morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.

Synonyms

cibophobia, anorexia nervosa

Antonyms

sitomania

References

sitophobia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913