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has gloss | eng: Anorexia mirabilis literally means "miraculous lack of appetite". It refers almost exclusively to women and girls of the Middle Ages who would starve themselves, sometimes to the death, in the name of God. The phenomenon is also known by the name inedia prodigiosa ("prodigious fasting"). |
lexicalization | eng: anorexia mirabilis |
instance of | (noun) a disorder of the normal eating routine eating disorder |
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has gloss | deu: Unter Anorexia mirabilis (griech./lat.: etwa „wundersame Appetitlosigkeit“) oder Inedia prodigiosa versteht man ein extremes Fasten aus religiösen Gründen. Derjenige kommt dabei mit sehr wenig Nahrung aus. |
lexicalization | deu: Anorexia mirabilis |
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