Definitions For Orthorexia

Noun

ORTHOREXIA (uncountable) (psychology) A fixation with healthy or righteous eating

Derived terms

orthorexia nervosa

Translations

Bulgarian: орторексия, sc=Cyrl Catalan: ortorèxia Czech: orthorexie Danish: ortoreksi Estonian: ortoreksia Finnish: ortoreksia French: orthorexie German: Orthorexie, f Icelandic: rétt matarlyst Italian: ortoressia Norwegian: ortoreksi Polish: ortoreksja Portuguese: ortorexia Russian: орторе́ксия, f, tr=ortorɛ́ksija Scottish Gaelic: ceart càil bidhe Slovene: ortoreksija Spanish: ortorexia Swedish: ortorexi

Etymology

From ortho + (Ancient Greek)  ὄρεξις. Modeled on anorexia.

See also

orthorexic

Is Orthorexia a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
19

The word Orthorexia is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

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