bulimia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/
- /buˈlɪmi.ə/
- /bjuˈlimi.ə/
- /buˈlimi.ə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós) Ancient Greek βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā)lbor. English bulimia Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
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:Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.
1989, Daniel Waters, Heathers, spoken by Heather Chandler:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Excessive hunger.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bulimias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bulimorexia · academic bulimia · diabulimia · bulimic · bulimarexia · exercise bulimia
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Translations (37)
pt bulimia (eating disorder) · et buliimia (eating disorder) · el νευρογενής βουλιμία (eating disorder) · uk нерво́ва булімі́я (eating disorder) · es bulimia (eating disorder) · gd acras geur (eating disorder) · no bulimi (eating disorder) · bg булимия нервоза (eating disorder) · tr bulimiya nervoza (eating disorder) · lt bulimija (eating disorder) · pl żarłoczność psychiczna (eating disorder) · ru не́рвная булими́я (eating disorder) · de Bulimie (eating disorder) · sq neuroza bulimike (eating disorder) · ga búilime néarógach (eating disorder) · nl boulimie (eating disorder) · fi ahmimishäiriö (eating disorder) · ca bulímia nerviosa (eating disorder) · cmn 神經性暴食症 /神经性暴食症 (eating disorder) · el ψυχογενής βουλιμία (eating disorder) · id bulimia (eating disorder) · eo bulimio (eating disorder) · uk булімі́я (eating disorder) · fr boulimie (eating disorder) · ro bulimia nervoasă (eating disorder) · ja 過食症 (eating disorder) · lt hiperoreksija (eating disorder) · pl bulimia nervosa (eating disorder) · it bulimia (eating disorder) · es bulimia nerviosa (eating disorder) · ru булими́я (eating disorder) · is lotugræðgi (eating disorder) · cs bulimie (eating disorder) · fi bulimia (eating disorder) · ca bulímia (eating disorder) · sv bulimi (eating disorder) · cmn 暴食症 (eating disorder)