"bulimia" meaning in English

See bulimia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bjuˈlimi.ə/, /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/, /buˈlimi.ə/, /buˈlɪmi.ə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bulimia.wav Forms: bulimias [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmiə, -iːmiə Etymology: From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷṓws}}, {{bor|en|grc|βουλιμία||ravenous hunger}} Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), {{compound|grc|βοῦς|λῑμός|nocat=1|t1=cow, ox|t2=hunger}} βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)
  1. (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Diseases Translations (eating disorder): neuroza bulimike (Albanian), булимия нервоза (bulimija nervoza) (Bulgarian), bulímia (Catalan), bulímia nerviosa (Catalan), 暴食症 (bàoshízhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神經性暴食症 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经性暴食症 (shénjīngxìng bàoshízhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), bulimie (Czech), bulimio (Esperanto), buliimia (Estonian), bulimia (Finnish), ahmimishäiriö (Finnish), boulimie [feminine] (French), Bulimie [feminine] (German), ψυχογενής βουλιμία (psychogenís voulimía) (Greek), νευρογενής βουλιμία (nevrogenís voulimía) (Greek), lotugræðgi (Icelandic), búilime néarógach (Irish), bulimia [feminine] (Italian), 過食症 (kashokushō) (Japanese), bulimija (Lithuanian), hiperoreksija (Lithuanian), bulimi (Norwegian), bulimia nervosa (Polish), żarłoczność psychiczna (Polish), bulimia [feminine] (Portuguese), bulimia nervoasă (Romanian), булими́я (bulimíja) (Russian), не́рвная булими́я (nérvnaja bulimíja) (Russian), acras geur (Scottish Gaelic), bulimia [feminine] (Spanish), bulimia nerviosa [feminine] (Spanish), bulimi (Swedish), bulimiya nervoza (Turkish), булімі́я (bulimíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), нерво́ва булімі́я (nervóva bulimíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (pathology, obsolete) Excessive hunger. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Diseases
    Sense id: en-bulimia-en-noun-rlFOebPB Disambiguation of Diseases: 53 47 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bulimia nervosa Derived forms: academic bulimia, bulimarexia, bulimorexia, diabulimia, exercise bulimia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "bulimarexia"
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      "word": "bulimorexia"
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      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "neuroza bulimike"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "bàoshízhèng",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "暴食症"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimio"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "buliimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "ahmimishäiriö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boulimie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bulimie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psychogenís voulimía",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "ψυχογενής βουλιμία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nevrogenís voulimía",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "νευρογενής βουλιμία"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "lotugræðgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "búilime néarógach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bulimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kashokushō",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "過食症"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "hiperoreksija"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimia nervosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "żarłoczność psychiczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bulimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimia nervoasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bulimíja",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "булими́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nérvnaja bulimíja",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "не́рвная булими́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "acras geur"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bulimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bulimia nerviosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "word": "bulimiya nervoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bulimíja",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "булімі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nervóva bulimíja",
      "sense": "eating disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нерво́ва булімі́я"
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}

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