orexia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”) + -ia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾekˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾɨˈksi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧re‧xi‧a

Noun

orexia f (plural orexias)

1. (medicine) orexis

Related terms

• -orexia

Further reading

• “orexia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “orexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025