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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See bulimia.
Wiktionary
- n. An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
Etymologies
- From Latin bulimia, from Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulīmia, "ravenous hunger"), from βοῦς (bous, "ox") + λιμός (līmos, "hunger, famine"). (Wiktionary)
- New Latin būlīmia nervōsa : būlīmia, bulimia + nervōsa, feminine of nervōsus, nervous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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