bulimia

  • 51bulimia — [bjuːˈlɪmiə] noun [U] a serious illness in which you try to control your weight by VOMITING (= bringing food up from your stomach and out of your mouth) • See: anorexia …

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  • 52bulimia — bu•lim•i•a [[t]byuˈlɪm i ə, ˈli mi ə, bu [/t]] n. 1) psi Also called bulim′ia ner•vo′sa [[t]nɜrˈvoʊ sə[/t]] a habitual disturbance in eating behavior characterized by bouts of excessive eating followed by self induced vomiting, purging with… …

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  • 53bulimia nervosa — noun An eating disorder characterized by a binge and purge cycle extreme overeating followed by self induced vomiting …

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  • 54bulimia nervosa — type of eating disorder in which one compulsively overeats (most common among teenage girls) …

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  • 55Exercise bulimia — is a subset of the psychological disorder called bulimia in which a person is compelled to exercise in an effort aimed at burning the calories of food energy and fat reserves to an excessive level that negatively affects their health. The damage… …

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  • 56exercise bulimia — n. Compulsive behaviour in which people count the calories ingested during a meal, and then tailor a workout to burn off the same number of calories. exercise bulimic n. Example Citation: Exercise bulimia, the abuse of exercise to control body… …

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  • 57Булимия (Bulimia) — ненасытное обжорство. Может проявляться при различных психических отклонениях, например, в качестве одной из фаз нервно психической анорексии (нервно психическая булимия (bulimia nervosa)), a также в силу ряда различных неврологических нарушений …

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  • 58academic bulimia — noun an approach to test taking, in which information is memorized then purged on test day, never to be recalled again …

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  • 59hypersomnia-bulimia syndrome — Kleine Levin s …

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  • 60bulimianervosa — bulimia ner·vo·sa (nûr vōʹsə) n. See bulimia.   [New Latin būlīmia nervōsa: būlīmia, bulimia + nervōsa, feminine of nervōsus, nervous.] * * * …

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