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Meaning of BULIMIA

Pronunciation:  byoo'limeeu

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)
  2. [n]  a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
 
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 Synonyms: binge-eating syndrome
 
 See Also: eating disorder, hunger, hungriness

 

 

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Bulimia
Describes the causes and characteristics of bulimia and offers strategies for dealing with your own or others' bulimia.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bu*lim"i*a\, Bulimy \Bu"li*my\, n. [NL. bulimia, fr.
Gr. boylimi`a, lit., ox-hunger; boy^s ox + limo`s hunger: cf.
F. boulimie.] (Med.)
A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable
appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
 
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Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: An insatiable appetite, often interrupted by periods of anorexia. Bulimia is a psychological disorder that can be accompanied by self-induced vomiting.
 
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