bulimia
1. a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation • Syn: binge-eating syndrome • Derivationally related forms: bulimic • Hypernyms: eating disorder 2. pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) • Derivationally related forms: bulimic • Hypernyms: hunger, hungriness
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