Definitions
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- noun An eating
disorder characterized by abinge-and-purge cycle - extremeovereating followed byself-induced vomiting.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin būlīmia nervōsa : būlīmia, bulimia + nervōsa, feminine of nervōsus, nervous.]
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From Latin bulimia, from Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulīmia, "ravenous hunger"), from βοῦς (bous, "ox") + λιμός (līmos, "hunger, famine").
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