bulimia
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”)
Pronunciation
Noun
bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)
- (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
Synonyms
Translations
eating disorder
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Finnish
Noun
bulimia
Declension
Inflection of bulimia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bulimia | bulimiat | |
genitive | bulimian | bulimioiden bulimioitten | |
partitive | bulimiaa | bulimioita | |
illative | bulimiaan | bulimioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bulimia | bulimiat | |
accusative | nom. | bulimia | bulimiat |
gen. | bulimian | ||
genitive | bulimian | bulimioiden bulimioitten bulimiain rare | |
partitive | bulimiaa | bulimioita | |
inessive | bulimiassa | bulimioissa | |
elative | bulimiasta | bulimioista | |
illative | bulimiaan | bulimioihin | |
adessive | bulimialla | bulimioilla | |
ablative | bulimialta | bulimioilta | |
allative | bulimialle | bulimioille | |
essive | bulimiana | bulimioina | |
translative | bulimiaksi | bulimioiksi | |
abessive | bulimiatta | bulimioitta | |
instructive | — | bulimioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- ahmimishäiriö
- bulimia nervosa (medical professional language)
Italian
Noun
bulimia f (plural bulimie)
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
bulimia f
Declension
Declension of bulimia
Further reading
Spanish
Noun
bulimia f (plural bulimias)
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