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BULIMIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from bulimia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bulimic" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
bulimic (suffering from bulimia)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
bulimia (pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions))
Derivation:
bulimia (pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions))
bulimia (a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation)
bulimic (a person suffering from bulimia)