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bulimia

The definition of bulimia is an eating disorder where you need to engage in an unhealthy food ritual involving binging on food and then throwing it up.

(noun)

When you think you are fat and you eat an entire box of Twinkies but then you make yourself throw it up, this is an example of bulimia.

See bulimia in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Med. a continuous, abnormal hunger
an eating disorder, chiefly in young women, characterized by the gorging of large quantities of food followed by purging, as through self-induced vomiting
in full bulimia nervosa

Origin: ModL < Gr boulimia < bous, ox, cow + limos, hunger < ? IE base *lei-, to diminish, meager > little

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bulimic adjective

See bulimia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An eating disorder, common especially among young women of normal or nearly normal weight, that is characterized by episodic binge eating and followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation. It is often associated with measures taken to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, the use of laxatives, dieting, or fasting. Also called bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa.
Excessive or insatiable appetite.

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Origin: New Latin būlīmia

Origin: , from Greek boulīmiā

Origin: : bous, ox; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + līmos, hunger

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