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 Definitions of Bulimia  [ɜrˈvoʊ sə]  

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Definition of 'Bulimia' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) bulimia
a habitual disturbance in eating behavior characterized by bouts of excessive eating followed by self-induced vomiting, purging with laxatives, strenuous exercise, or fasting.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; earlier b(o)ulimy < Gk boulīmía extreme hunger)

Definition of 'Bulimia' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bulimia, binge-eating syndrome
a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

2. (noun) bulimia
pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)


Definition of 'Bulimia' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Bulimia
alt. of Bulimy


Definition of 'Bulimia' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Bulimia
Eating an excess amount of food in a short period of time, as seen in the disorder of BULIMIA NERVOSA. It is caused by an abnormal craving for food, or insatiable hunger also known as "ox hunger".


Translation of 'Bulimia' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an eating disorder in which a person eats excessive amounts of food and then vomits in order not to gain weight.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bulimie Arabic flag Arabic: ضَوْر ، سُعار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: булимия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bulimia Czech flag Czech: bulimie German flag German: die Bulemie
Danish flag Danish: bulimi Greek flag Greek: βουλιμία Spanish flag Spanish: bulimia
Estonian flag Estonian: buliimia Farsi flag Farsi: جوع Finnish flag Finnish: bulimia
French flag French: boulimie Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוֹלִימיָה Hindi flag Hindi: क्षुघातिशय
Croatian flag Croatian: bulimia Hungarian flag Hungarian: bulimia Indonesian flag Indonesian: penyakit selalu lapar
Italian flag Italian: bulimia Japanese flag Japanese: 過食症 Korean flag Korean: 다식증
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bulimija Latvian flag Latvian: bulīmija Malay flag Malay: sakit bulimia
Dutch flag Dutch: boulimie Norwegian flag Norwegian: bulimi, oksehunger Polish flag Polish: bulimia
Persian flag Persian: جوع Pashto flag Pashto: جوع Russian flag Russian: булимия
Slovak flag Slovak: bulímia, chorobná chuť do Slovenian flag Slovenian: bulimija Serbian flag Serbian: bulimija
Swedish flag Swedish: bulimi Thai flag Thai: โรคผิดปกติทางอารมณ์ทำให้ก Turkish flag Turkish: doymazlık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 貪食症 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: булимія Urdu flag Urdu: زیادہ کھانے کا عارضہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chứng cuồng ăn vô độ Chinese flag Chinese: 贪食症

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'Bulimia' - Nearby Entries  

bulgy  bulima nervosa  bulimarexia  bulimia  bulimic  bulk  bulkhead  



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