Bulimia+nervosa
21bulimia — n. insatiable overeating. This symptom may be psychogenic, occurring, for example, as a phase of anorexia nervosa (bulimia nervosa or the binge–purge syndrome); or it may be due to neurological causes, such as a lesion of the hypothalamus …
22bulimia — [[t]buːlɪ̱miə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating …
23bulimia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek boulimia great hunger, from bou , augmentative prefix (from bous head of cattle) + limos hunger more at cow Date: 14th century 1. an abnormal and constant craving for food 2. a serious eating disord …
24bulimia — noun the chronic eating disorder bulimia nervosa …
25bulimia — [bjʊ lɪmɪə, bʊ ] (also bulimia nervosa) noun an emotional disorder characterized by bouts of overeating, typically alternating with fasting or self induced vomiting or purging. Derivatives bulimic adjective &noun Origin ME (as bolisme, later… …
26bulimia — /bəˈlimiə/ (say buh leemeeuh) noun 1. a compulsive eating disorder marked by bouts of overeating followed by induced vomiting. 2. morbidly voracious appetite. Also, bulimia nervosa. {New Latin, from Greek boulīmia great hunger} –bulimic,… …
27bulimia — n. Med. 1 insatiable overeating. 2 (in full bulimia nervosa) an emotional disorder in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self induced vomiting, purging, or fasting. Derivatives: bulimic adj. & n. Etymology: mod.L f.… …
28bulimia — 1976, Modern Latin, from Gk. boulimia, ravenous hunger as a disease, lit. ox hunger, from bou , intensive prefix (originally from bous ox ) + limos hunger; as a psychological disorder, technically bulemia nervosa. Anglicized bulimy was used from… …
29nervosa — [[t]nɜː(r)vo͟ʊsə[/t]] see anorexia and, bulimia …
30Anorexia nervosa — For other uses, see Anorexia nervosa (disambiguation) and Anorexia (disambiguation). Anorexic redirects here. For the use of the term as an appetite suppressant, see Anorectic. Anorexia Nervosa Classification and external resources …
