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EATING DISORDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disorder of the normal eating routine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("eating disorder" is a kind of...):
disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eating disorder"):
anorexia (a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite)
pica (an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently)
binge-purge syndrome; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa; bulimarexia (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)
binge-eating syndrome; bulimia (a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation)
