bulimia
Syllables: bu·li·mi·a/bjuˈlimi.ə/
bulimia noun: a chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
Noun
bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)
- A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
- Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.1989, Daniel Waters, Heathers, spoken by Heather Chandler
- Once considered a risk only for wealthy, high-achieving teenage girls, eating disorders such as anorexia (and, more rarely, bulimia) are becoming increasingly common among children, even little boys.2011 August 8, Margaret Renkl, “The scary trend of tweens with anorexia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2012
- Synonyms:
- bulimia nervosa
- Excessive hunger.
bulimia meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
bulimia in Tamil
- பெருவேட்கை, யானைப்பசி, பசிநோய், பெரும்பசி
bulimia in Indonesian
- eating disorder
- bulimia
Synonyms of bulimia
Forms of bulimia
| plural | bulimias |
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Origin of bulimia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Words formed from bulimia
Phrases with bulimia
Questions about bulimia
- What does bulimia mean?
- Bulimia means a chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
- What is bulimia in Tamil?
- Bulimia in Tamil is பெருவேட்கை, யானைப்பசி, பசிநோய். See Bulimia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bulimia?
- Bulimia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bulimia?
- Bulimia is pronounced /bjuˈlimi.ə/.
- What is the plural of bulimia?
- The plural of bulimia is bulimias.
Words near bulimia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bulimia (page history and authors); bulimia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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