Muscle-dysmorphia
[dis-mawr-fee-uh] /dɪsˈmɔr fi ə/
noun
1.
a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc.
Compare .
noun
a mental disorder characterized by a normal person’s obsession with an imagined defect in physical appearance; also called dysmorphophobia , bigorexia , reverse anorexia
See bigorexia
See reverse anorexia nervosa
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