bulimia

CEFRC1

/bjuˈlimi.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An eating disorder involving repeated overeating followed by attempts to lose food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Excessive hunger.

Examples

  • Binging and purging are signs that someone may have bulimia.

  • Tom was diagnosed with bulimia.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/
  • /buˈlimi.ə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

More examples

In context

  • She suffered from bulimia.

  • Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).