bulimia nervosa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin bulimia, from Ancient Greek βουλῑμία (boulīmía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) and Latin nervosa.
Noun[edit]
- An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting; bulimia.
Translations[edit]
eating disorder — see bulimia
See also[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
bulimia nervosa f (uncountable)
- bulimia (eating disorder characterised by a binge-and-purge cycle)
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