bulimia

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Think that it is your bulimia that wants you to binge and the bulimia is lying to you again and again about your feelings and that the bulimia is your enemy.

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  1. noun An eating disorder, common especially among young women of normal or nearly normal weight, that is characterized by episodic binge eating and followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation. It is often associated with measures taken to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, the use of laxatives, dieting, or fasting. Also called bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa.
  2. noun Excessive or insatiable appetite.

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  • Val had begun treating the girl in her teens for bulimia, then hired her when the volume of appointments skyrocketed after the placebo went into effect. —  The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
  • If bulimia was a logical disease then he should have been able to stop when he realized he was doing harm to himself, but he couldn't. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • If you do decide to tell him about your bulimia, his reaction could be quite telling. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • According to Frenkel, anorexia and bulimia are a set of disorders that originally were seen predominantly among Caucasians, "but that doesn't mean that it does not occur among all ethnicities." —  Stories from The Sun
  • Students suffered from anorexia and bulimia, as well as a broad range of concerns relating to food and body image. —  Stories from The Sun
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  1. New Latin būlīmia, from Greek boulīmiā : bous, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + līmos, hunger.

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  1. = French boulimie, from New Latin bulimia (Late Latin bulīma, Latin bulīmus), from Greek βουλιμία, also βούλιμος, great hunger, from βοῦς, ox, in comp. implying ‘great,’ + λιμός, hunger.
 

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