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noun
An eating disorder involving both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of bulimia nervosa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: bulimia nervosa
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulima nervosa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eating disorder
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwṓws Proto-Hellenic *gwous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós) Ancient Greek βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā)lbor. English bulimia Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h3réǵeti Ancient Greek ὀρέγω (orégō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía)lbor. English anorexia blend English bulimarexia Blend of bulimia + anorexia.
