Bulimia+nervosa

  • 11Bulimia — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bulimia Clasificación y recursos externos Aviso médico CIE 10 F 50.2 …

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  • 12nervosa — see ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA, PARS NERVOSA …

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  • 13Bulimia — Bu*lim i*a (b[u^]*l[i^]m [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.] 1. (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased… …

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  • 14bulimia — (also bulimia nervosa) ► NOUN ▪ an emotional disorder characterized by bouts of overeating, typically alternating with fasting or self induced vomiting. DERIVATIVES bulimic adjective & noun. ORIGIN Greek boulimia ravenous hunger , from bous ox +… …

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  • 15bulimia — [byo͞o lē′mē ə, byo͞olim′ē ə; bo͞olim′ē ə] n. [ModL < Gr boulimia < bous, ox, COW1 + limos, hunger < ? IE base * lei , to diminish, meager > LITTLE] 1. Med. a continuous, abnormal hunger 2. an eating disorder, chiefly in young women,… …

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  • 16Bulimia —    In an economy of scarcity, where the population is chronically undernourished, frenzied episodes of overeating wax and wane like the moon. Thus, the symptom of bulimia, which according to its Greek roots means hungry enough to eat an ox ( bous …

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  • 17bulimia —   n. insatiable hunger; abnormal craving for food.    ♦ bulimia nervosa, excessive overeating compensated for by forced vomiting, periods of fasting, etc.    ♦ bulimic,   a. voracious; pertaining to bulimia (nervosa); n. person suffering from… …

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  • 18Bulimia — An insatiable appetite, often interrupted by periods of anorexia. Bulimia is a psychological disorder that can be accompanied by self induced * * * SYN: b. nervosa. [G. bous, ox, + limos, hunger] b. nervosa a chronic morbid disorder involving… …

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  • 19bulimia — /byooh lim ee euh, lee mee euh, booh , beuh /, n. 1. Also called hyperphagia. Pathol. abnormally voracious appetite or unnaturally constant hunger. 2. Also called binge purge syndrome, bulimia nervosa /nerr voh seuh/. Psychiatry. a habitual… …

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  • 20bulimia — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. eating disorder, bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa, compulsive eating. see anorexia nervosa …

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