Definitions for bulimia

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bulimia bu·lim·i·a

Spelling: [byoo-lim-ee-uh, -lee-mee-uh, boo-, b

IPA: /byuˈlɪm i ə, -ˈli mi ə, bu-, bə-/

Bulimia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in bulimia (abiilmu).

Definitions for bulimia

noun

1. Also called hyperphagia. Pathology. abnormally voracious appetite or unnaturally constant hunger.
2. Also called binge-purge syndrome, bulimia nervosa [nur-voh-suh] /nɜrˈvoʊ sə/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. a habitual disturbance in eating behavior mostly affecting young women of normal weight, characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain. Compare anorexia nervosa.

Origin of bulimia

1350-1400; Middle English New Latin Greek boulīmía extreme hunger, equivalent to bou- intensive prefix (derivative of bou-, stem of boûs ox) + līm(ós) hunger + -ia

Examples for bulimia

It is a species of bulimia—an insatiable appetite, which "grows by what it feeds on."

Others shared stories of friends who suffered from bulimia in an open secret.

She struggled with bulimia and, when she was anxious, would eat excessively.

From hence they marched through snow the whole of the following day, and many of the men contracted the bulimia.

Other risk factors include a history of sexual abuse and bulimia, both of which also affect more women than men.

Hence they marched through snow the whole of the following day, and many of the men contracted the bulimia.

Binge eating and purging does the same for someone with bulimia.