"Abrosia"

[BigBear1]

I looked this word up in the Oxford English Dictionary but couldn't find an entry for it. One on-line medical dictionary listed it as an illness caused by not eating. Is abrosia the same as fasting or is it a disease?

 

[hillbillylee1]

hey bear.... If i remember my greek mythology ambrosia was the food of the gods and earthbound mortals werent allowed to have it. So its probably the lack of food/starvation..... but hey its just my guess and my two cents..........

 

[BigBear1]

But this is "abrosia," like "ambrosia" but without the m.

 

[Mrs Bear]

I think I went on the same site as you, it said condition resulting from not eating.I couldn't even find it on Wikipedia I don't think it is necessarily an illness. If you starve yourself, this results in starvation. Perhaps 'abrosia' is a synonym of starvation, possibly with a less sinister tone.

 

[hillbillylee1]

well my eyes got me again. they seem to see things that arent there.

 

[hillbillylee1]

I can only find a few refrences for it and they are very vague.
Medical Dictionary: Abrosia

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #
Abrosia: Condition resulting from not eating.

either its something they dont talk about or its something they feel dosent deserve a huge explaniation

 

[BigBear1]

Yeah, "condition" is a little vague. A condition could be good or bad or any number of things.

 

[kingofqueens]

In a medical dictionary, the word condition is 99.999999999999% a bad thing.

 

[BigBear1]

Yes, "look at the condition my condition is in."

 

[maleficent]

n : abstinence from food



abrosia = fasting

One-night abrosia is desirable before blood samples are taken

It really seems to be a synonym for fasting... i've seen anther site, that's currently dead, that has in it's description "10 days healing abrosia to purify your body accompanied by a Qi Gong seminar "

 

[BigBear1]

Thank you. I wonder where this word comes from. I have never seen it before coming to this forum and I cannot find it in standard dictionaries.

 

[Avi2Kat]

Ya.. I cant find it in dictionaries either.

 

[PaintedDaisy]

And here I always thought ambrosia was that tasty marshmallow "salad" sidedish. YOu know, coloured marshmallows, yogurt, pineapple and mandarin oranges... *drool*

 

[wala]

And here I always thought ambrosia was that tasty marshmallow "salad" sidedish. YOu know, coloured marshmallows, yogurt, pineapple and mandarin oranges... *drool*

isn't it meant to be abrosia not aMbrosia??

But anyway, abrosia is not a 'condition' or 'disease'. It is simply the product of not eating, therefore used in cases of fasting or in those were someone doesn't eat for any given reason.

as we all know tho, unless for a religion, not eating for long periods is extremely unsafe and foolish