eating disorders

[anarchist]

what is pethorexia?

[bednobs]

didnt you ask that yesterday?

[stewey]

It's a word that we all should all look up in the dictionary. Off hand I would suggest inflammation of the peth.

[stewey]

With. of course, the inevitable fever.

[warpig3]

this is the third time this has been asked, we have all searched for it but to no avail, I think you can assume that it does not exist, or you have spelt it wrong or you are taking the p*ss. If you think it is a real word then please give us the context in which it was used.

[Joe_the_Lion]

I think it was answered on another thread but you have spelled it wrong.

Pregnant women having strange food fads like eating tuna and banana pizzas or something.

[warpig3]

Wardy, I saw that answer but apparently that was not enough, hence the reposting. I have googled, looked in dictionary both modern and old but nothing, what more can be done?

[stewey]

Personally, I don't think pregnant women should be allowed to post upon this site: it''s catching isn't it?

[shaneystar2]

It's not in the OED and it's not in Blacks medical dictionary ..Wiki has never heard of it .I have a stack of dictionaries and it's not in any of them including the most up to date one .The only thing I can come up with is Plethoria which gives the adjective Plethoric meaning excessive in quantity ..could be something to do with binge eating ?

[alijangra]

As Shaneystar2 has said 'plethora' means 'excess of something', and 'orexia' relates to appetite ( as in 'an-orexia', the 'an' bit meaning 'without').

So it could be concluded that the word means an excessive appetite or binge-eating, I suspect this word has been derived to be a kinder description of people who suffer from binge-eating (a recognised eating disorder these days).

[Scylax]

Someone 'having you on' , Anarchist.
Pethorexia is a neologism (which are common
in Schizophrenia) coined, possibly, as a euphemism
for bulimia - or 'bulkimia' as I once heard it described.

Whoever invented it is a proctohaemalgia = pain
in the bloody a*se.