bulimic

Variant of bulimia

noun

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

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

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