Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun Excessive or insatiable appetite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Morbidly voracious appetite; a disease in which the patient has a constant and insatiable craving for food. Also written bulimy, boulimia, boulimy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
- noun a disordered eating habit characterized by occasional episodes of excessive eating, followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives, to avoid gaining weight; it is often accompanied by feelings of guilt; -- called also
bulimia nervosa andbinge-purge syndrome . It is observed mainly in young women of normal weight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
chronic eating disorder bulimia nervosa
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)
- noun a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When I did go to treatment, I didn't know until three days before I checked in that there was even something called bulimia.
Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011
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When I did go to treatment, I didn't know until three days before I checked in that there was even something called bulimia.
Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011
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When I did go to treatment, I didn't know until three days before I checked in that there was even something called bulimia.
Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011
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When I did go to treatment, I didn't know until three days before I checked in that there was even something called bulimia.
Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011
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And I think one thing that I did address in my book was bulimia, which is - is pretty common.
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And I think one thing that I did address in my book was bulimia, which is - is pretty common.
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She tells my other friends of my bulimia, which is OKAY to me, but she makes fun of it and encourages others to make stupid jokes out of my bulimia. what kind of a "sister" is that?
I feel like a total stranger back... freakymandy 2005
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Your bulimia might be your way of expressing that feeling.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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Likewise, the worker helped Darlene to see how she had taken on the role her parents had assigned to her in order to please them in some way but that her bulimia was an expression of her need to break out of that rigid and distorted role.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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Likewise, the worker helped Darlene to see how she had taken on the role her parents had assigned to her in order to please them in some way but that her bulimia was an expression of her need to break out of that rigid and distorted role.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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