bulimia nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating…An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin būlīmia, from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hLearned borrowing from Latin būlīmia, from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-ia”), and Latin nervōsa (“nervous”).
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting:bulimarexiabinge-purge syndromebinge-vomit syndrome
Word family
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