diabulimian.
/ˌdʌɪəb(j)ᵿˈlɪmɪə/, U.S. /ˌdaɪəbʊˈlimiə/ A form of eating disorder occurring in insulin-dependent diabetics, characterized by the deliberate omission or reduction of insulin doses in order to lose weight.
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1997 S. Brink in Diabetes Care 20 1638/1 We've coined the term diabulimia..to describe the behavior of a subset of these youngsters, mostly young girls, who learn that omitting insulin allows binge eating without weight gain.
2004 Clin. Nutrition 23 300/1 Intentional insulin omission (diabulimia) is the most common symptom underlying an eating disorder [in female adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus] and can precipitate DKA [= diabetic ketoacidosis].
2014 Daily Mirror 3 Dec. 32 Nowadays doctors have a name for this kind of eating disorder—diabulimia—but back then no one understood.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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