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单词 bulimia
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Definition of bulimia in English:

bulimia

(also bulimia nervosa)
noun bjʊˈlɪmɪəbʊˈlɪmɪə
mass noun
  • An emotional disorder characterized by a distorted body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by fasting or self-induced vomiting or purging.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The American Psychiatric Association characterizes anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as biopsychosocial disorders that result in distortions in self-image and self-perception.
    • Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are two common eating disorders, and affect women in particular.
    • Feel disgusted, depressed, or guilty after overeating binge-eating also takes place in another eating disorder called bulimia nervosa.
    • Childhood obesity is rising (affecting 15% of children at the last estimate in September) but so is the prevalence of the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
    • The principal eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and nonspecified eating disorder.
    • The key feature of the major eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia nervosa, is a phobic fear of fatness that leads to self-induced starvation or bingeing and purging.
    • The group developed questions addressing the main features of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa using focus groups of patients with eating disorders and specialists in eating disorders.
    • The eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have received increased scientific and public interest during the past decade.
    • Together, these forces can lead to self-sustaining eating disorders, primarily anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
    • These disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
    • Currently, 30 percent of Americans are obese, compared with the 4 percent who meet criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder.
    • Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are illnesses associated with maladaptive eating regulation responses and are most commonly seen in women.
    • Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa, are characterised by morbid preoccupation with weight and shape and manifest through distorted or chaotic eating behaviour.
    • The other main eating disorder is bulimia nervosa, which is characterised by cycles of bingeing and purging (ridding the body of the excess food usually by vomiting or laxatives).
    • I think if you looked for people with eating disorders with a bulimic component, either bulimic anorexics or bulimia nervosa, then you're looking at a higher rate, something nearer to 50%.
    • The guidance on eating disorders advocates a holistic approach in caring for people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and less common eating disorders such as binge eating.
    • It's important to distinguish binge eating disorder from other eating disorders, such as bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.
    • Young women from the developed world who restrict their dietary intake are at highest risk of developing bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders.
    • An illness that resembles bulimia nervosa is binge eating disorder.
    • This text examines how clinicians in the psychiatry field treat anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorders.

Origin

Late Middle English (as bolisme, later bulimy): modern Latin, or from medieval Latin bolismos, from Greek boulimia 'ravenous hunger', from bous 'ox' + limos 'hunger'.

Rhymes

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Definition of bulimia in US English:

bulimia

nounbo͝oˈlēmēə
  • 1An emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.

    Also called binge-purge syndrome
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are two common eating disorders, and affect women in particular.
    • Together, these forces can lead to self-sustaining eating disorders, primarily anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
    • Young women from the developed world who restrict their dietary intake are at highest risk of developing bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders.
    • It's important to distinguish binge eating disorder from other eating disorders, such as bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.
    • The other main eating disorder is bulimia nervosa, which is characterised by cycles of bingeing and purging (ridding the body of the excess food usually by vomiting or laxatives).
    • Feel disgusted, depressed, or guilty after overeating binge-eating also takes place in another eating disorder called bulimia nervosa.
    • The key feature of the major eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia nervosa, is a phobic fear of fatness that leads to self-induced starvation or bingeing and purging.
    • The American Psychiatric Association characterizes anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as biopsychosocial disorders that result in distortions in self-image and self-perception.
    • Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa, are characterised by morbid preoccupation with weight and shape and manifest through distorted or chaotic eating behaviour.
    • This text examines how clinicians in the psychiatry field treat anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorders.
    • I think if you looked for people with eating disorders with a bulimic component, either bulimic anorexics or bulimia nervosa, then you're looking at a higher rate, something nearer to 50%.
    • The eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have received increased scientific and public interest during the past decade.
    • The principal eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and nonspecified eating disorder.
    • The group developed questions addressing the main features of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa using focus groups of patients with eating disorders and specialists in eating disorders.
    • These disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
    • Currently, 30 percent of Americans are obese, compared with the 4 percent who meet criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder.
    • Childhood obesity is rising (affecting 15% of children at the last estimate in September) but so is the prevalence of the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
    • Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are illnesses associated with maladaptive eating regulation responses and are most commonly seen in women.
    • The guidance on eating disorders advocates a holistic approach in caring for people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and less common eating disorders such as binge eating.
    • An illness that resembles bulimia nervosa is binge eating disorder.
    1. 1.1 An eating disorder in which a large quantity of food is consumed in a short period of time, often followed by feelings of guilt or shame.
      Also called binge-eating syndrome

Origin

Late Middle English (as bolisme, later bulimy): modern Latin, or from medieval Latin bolismos, from Greek boulimia ‘ravenous hunger’, from bous ‘ox’ + limos ‘hunger’.

 
 
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