Meaning of bulimia in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /bʊˈlimiə/

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  1. Noun

    bulimia

    Etymology

    late Middle English (as bolisme, later bulimy): modern Latin, or from medieval Latin bolismos, from Greek boulimia‘ravenous hunger’, from bous‘ox’ + limos‘hunger’

    Definitions

    1. a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
  2. 2. pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

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