ALL meanings of bulimia
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B b - uncountable noun bulimia Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating. 3
- noun bulimia pathologically insatiable hunger, esp when caused by a brain lesion 3
- noun bulimia a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight 3
- noun bulimia a continuous, abnormal hunger 3
- noun bulimia an eating disorder, chiefly in young women, characterized by the gorging of large quantities of food followed by purging, as through self-induced vomiting 3
- noun bulimia Also called hyperphagia. Pathology. abnormally voracious appetite or unnaturally constant hunger. 1
- noun bulimia Also called binge-purge syndrome, bulimia nervosa [nur-voh-suh] /nɜrˈvoʊ sə/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. a habitual disturbance in eating behavior mostly affecting young women of normal weight, characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain. Compare anorexia nervosa. 1
- noun bulimia binge-eating disorder 1
- noun bulimia (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting. 0