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Reaction in disorder is suffering from loss of appetite (8)

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I believe the answer is:

anoretic

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'loss of appetite' is the definition.
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'reaction in disorder' is the wordplay.
'in disorder' indicates anagramming the letters.
'reaction' is an anagram of 'ANORETIC'.

'is suffering from' acts as a link.
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(Another definition for anoretic that I've seen is " loss of appetite".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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