BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting

Synonyms:

binge-purge syndrome; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa; bulimarexia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("binge-purge syndrome" is a kind of...):

eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)

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