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muscle dysmorphic disorder (DOID:0070661)
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Synonyms: bigorexia; bigorexia nervosa; body dysmorphic disorder with muscle dysmorphia; muscle dysmorphia; reverse anorexia
Definition: A body dysmorphic disorder characterized by a persistent belief that one s physique is insufficiently muscular or lean, even when having a normal-to-very muscular build.


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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
12/30/2025
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory