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bulimic

/bəˈlɪmɪk/

bulimic adjective: suffering from bulimia nervosa.

Adjective

bulimic (comparative more bulimic, superlative most bulimic)

  1. Suffering from bulimia nervosa.
    • My sister was bulimic and consequently had a number of health problems.
  2. Of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa.
    • The woman had displayed a number of bulimic symptoms, prompting her family to stage an intervention.

Noun

bulimic (plural bulimics)

  1. A person suffering from bulimia nervosa.
    • The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.

Forms of bulimic

Adjective
comparativemore bulimic
superlativemost bulimic
Noun
pluralbulimics

Origin of bulimic

From bulimia + -ic.

Words formed from bulimic

Questions about bulimic

What does bulimic mean?
Bulimic means suffering from bulimia nervosa.
What part of speech is bulimic?
Bulimic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce bulimic?
Bulimic is pronounced /bəˈlɪmɪk/.

Words near bulimic in the dictionary

  1. bulimia
  2. bulimia nervosa
  3. bulimiac
  4. bulimiacs
  5. bulimias
  6. bulimic
  7. bulimically
  8. bulimics
  9. buliminid
  10. buliminids
  11. bulimorexia

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