bulimia
21bulimia — 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 …
22bulimia — noun the chronic eating disorder bulimia nervosa …
23bulimia — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. eating disorder, bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa, compulsive eating. see anorexia nervosa …
24bulimia — [19] The condition now called ‘bulimia’ – in which bouts of overeating are followed by bouts of purging – was recognized and so named in the 1970s. The word used to name it, however, is much more ancient than that. It goes back to Greek boulimia …
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 — 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 …
27bulimia — /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,… …
28bulimia — [19] The condition now called ‘bulimia’ – in which bouts of overeating are followed by bouts of purging – was recognized and so named in the 1970s. The word used to name it, however, is much more ancient than that. It goes back to Greek boulimia …
29bulimia — 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.… …
30Bulimia nervosa — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F50.2 ICD 9 307.51 …
