bulimia
A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating…A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
» Binging and purging are signs that someone may have bulimia.
Переедание с последующей рвотой – вероятный признак булимии.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
Bulimie
булими́яbulimíja, не́рвная булими́яnérvnaja bulimíja
булімі́яbulimíja, нерво́ва булімі́яnervóva bulimíja
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Excessive hunger.
- pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)
- a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
Examples
3 sentencesBinging and purging are signs that someone may have bulimia.
ruПереедание с последующей рвотой – вероятный признак булимии.
She suffered from bulimia.
ruОна страдала от булимии.
deSie litt an Bulimie.
Tom was diagnosed with bulimia.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βούλῑμLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
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Forms
plural: bulimiasSynonyms
2 synonyms- a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation:binge-eating syndrome
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable