 bulimia |
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| 1. | [ noun ] pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) | |
| Related terms: | hunger | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | |
| Synonyms: | binge-eating_syndrome | |
| Related terms: | eating_disorder | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (medicine,psychiatry) a mental illness characterized by periods of fasting alternating with uncontrollable eating followed by self-induced purging or vomiting | |
| Synonyms: | bulimia_nervosa | |
| Related terms: | anorexia_nervosa | |
