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BULIMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bulimia" is a kind of...):
hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)
Derivation:
bulimic (suffering from bulimia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
Synonyms:
binge-eating syndrome; bulimia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bulimia" is a kind of...):
eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)
Derivation:
bulimic (suffering from bulimia)
