Definition of Bulimia

1. Noun. A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation.

Exact synonyms: Binge-eating Syndrome
Generic synonyms: Eating Disorder
Derivative terms: Bulimic

2. Noun. Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions).
Generic synonyms: Hunger, Hungriness
Derivative terms: Bulimic

Definition of Bulimia

1. n. A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.

Definition of Bulimia

1. Noun. the chronic eating disorder bulimia nervosa ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bulimia

1. insatiable appetite [n -S] : BULIMIC, BULIMIAC [adj]

Medical Definition of Bulimia

1. An eating disorder which is characterised by self-induced vomiting after eating. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulimia

bulginess
bulginesses
bulging
bulging disc
bulging disk
bulging eye disease
bulgingly
bulgogi
bulgur
bulgur pilaf
bulgur wheat
bulgurs
bulgy
bulima nervosa
bulimarexia
bulimia (current term)
bulimia nervosa
bulimiac
bulimias
bulimic
bulimically
bulimics
bulimies
bulimorexia
bulimus
bulimuses
bulimy
bulinus
bulk
bulk bill

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