Definition of Bulimy

1. Noun. (archaic form of bulimia) ¹

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Definition of Bulimy

1. bulimia [n BULIMIES] - See also: bulimia

Medical Definition of Bulimy

1. A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite. Origin: NL. Bulimia, fr. Gr, lit, ox-hunger; ox + hunger: cf. F. Boulimie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulimy

bulgurs
bulgy
bulima nervosa
bulimarexia
bulimia
bulimia nervosa
bulimiac
bulimias
bulimic
bulimically
bulimics
bulimies
bulimorexia
bulimus
bulimuses
bulimy (current term)
bulinus
bulk
bulk bill
bulk billing
bulk cargo
bulk cargos
bulk carrier
bulk carriers
bulk density
bulk large
bulk liquid
bulk liquids
bulk mail
bulk modulus

Literary usage of Bulimy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anabasis by Xenophon, Edward Spelman, Maurice Ashley Cooper (1839)
"From thence they marched all the next day through the snow, when many of them contracted the bulimy.1 Xenophon, who commanded the rear, seeing them lie on ..."

2. A Review of the Works of the Royal Society of London: Containing by John Hill (1751)
"... which he immediately threw up again in the fame Manner, called a bulimy; ... are telling us that the Boy vomited all-he eat, call the Cafe a bulimy*. ..."

3. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1899)
"R. Na'hman said in the name of Samuel: He who has been seized by bulimy should ... R. Johanan said : bulimy once seized me. I ran to the eastern side of a ..."

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