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bulimia

bu·li·mia

UK/bjuˈlimi.ə/ US/bjuˈlɪmi.ə/ rare obsolete

noun

1.

a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

2.

pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

Phrases

  • academic bulimia
  • exercise bulimia

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