bulimia
/bjʊˈlɪmɪə
/ /bʊˈlɪmɪə/(also bulimia nervosa)
noun [mass noun]
An emotional disorder characterized by a distorted body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by fasting or self-induced vomiting or purging.These disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder....
- The American Psychiatric Association characterizes anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as biopsychosocial disorders that result in distortions in self-image and self-perception.
- Currently, 30 percent of Americans are obese, compared with the 4 percent who meet criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder.
Origin
Late Middle English (as bolisme, later bulimy): modern Latin, or from medieval Latin bolismos, from Greek boulimia 'ravenous hunger', from bous 'ox' + limos 'hunger'.
Rhymes
- secondo
- second of arc
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- second-rater
- second reading
- Second Republic
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- second-sighted
- second-story man
- second strike
- second string
- second teeth
- second thought
- second thoughts
- second to none
- second wind
- Second World
- Second World War
- secrecy
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- secretagogue