"characterized by want of appetite," 1832, medical Latin, from Greek anorektos "without appetite," from an- "not, without" (see an- (1)) + orektos, verbal adjective of oregein "to long for, desire" (see anorexia). As a noun, attested from 1913.
an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug
anonymity
anonymous
anonymously
Anopheles
anorak
anorectic
anorexia
anorexia nervosa
anorexic
anormal
anosmia