'Bulimia' definitions:
Definition of 'bulimia'
From: WordNet
noun
A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self- condemnation [syn: bulimia, binge-eating syndrome]
noun
Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)
Definition of 'Bulimia'
From: GCIDE
- Bulimia \Bu*lim"i*a\ (b[u^]*l[i^]m"[i^]*[.a]), Bulimy \Bu"li*my\, n. [NL. bulimia, fr. Gr. boylimi`a, lit., ox-hunger; boy^s ox + limo`s hunger: cf. F. boulimie.]
- 1. (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a disordered eating habit characterized by occasional episodes of excessive eating, followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives, to avoid gaining weight; it is often accompanied by feelings of guilt; -- called also bulimia nervosa and binge-purge syndrome. It is observed mainly in young women of normal weight. [PJC]