A culture-bound illness found principally among devout women who forgo food to achieve purification of the soul. In Western nations this kind of anorexia is considered an eating disorder.
SYN: holy anorexia
anorexia
anorexia mirabilis is a sample definition found in
Taber's Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition.
To find other Taber's Medical Dictionary topics
please login
or
purchase a subscription.
![[Top]](images/m/top.gif)
