Home › Words › B › bleachorexiableachorexiableachorexia means an unhealthy obsession with whitening one's teeth.EtymologyBlend of bleach + anorexia.nounAn unhealthy obsession with whitening one's teeth.e.g.“People who want teeth whiter than nature intended, reaching repeatedly for the peroxide, suffer from "bleachorexia," a word coined by the American Dental Association.” — 2009 September 24, Deirdre Kelly, “Price choppers: Get pearly whites for 99 bucks”, in The Globe and Mail:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bleachy 59% match — Resembling bleach in smell, taste, colour etc. vs bleachorexia →whitening 58% match — A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter. vs bleachorexia →bleached 57% match — Whitened; made white using bleach vs bleachorexia →overcleanliness 56% match — Excessive cleanliness. vs bleachorexia →bleachless 55% match — Without bleach. vs bleachorexia →bleachlike 55% match — Resembling or characteristic of bleach. vs bleachorexia →bleachability 55% match — The condition of being bleachable. vs bleachorexia →bleach 54% match — A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. vs bleachorexia →