bulimia

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/bjuˈlimi.ə/
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/bjuˈlimi.ə/ · /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/ · /buˈlimi.ə/ · /buˈlɪmi.ə/

Definition of bulimia

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
    “Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
    “Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.”
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Excessive hunger.

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Etymology

PIE word *gʷṓws Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-ia”).

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