bulimia nervosa

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bulimia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βουλῑμία (boulīmía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”).

Noun

bulimia nervosa (uncountable)

1. An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting; bulimia.

Translations

eating disorder — see bulimia

See also

• anorexia nervosa
• EDNOS
• Pro Mia

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Portuguese

Noun

bulimia nervosa f (uncountable)

1. bulimia (eating disorder characterised by a binge-and-purge cycle)