Associations to the word «Bulimia»

Wiktionary

BULIMIA, noun. (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
BULIMIA NERVOSA, noun. An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting, bulimia.

Dictionary definition

BULIMIA, noun. A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation.
BULIMIA, noun. Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats