| 单词 | bulimia |
| 释义 | bulimia /byooh lim"ee euh, -lee"mee euh, booh-, beuh-/, n. 1. Also called hyperphagia. Pathol. abnormally voracious appetite or unnaturally constant hunger. 2. Also called binge-purge syndrome, bulimia nervosa /nerr voh"seuh/. Psychiatry. a habitual disturbance in eating behavior mostly affecting young women of normal weight, characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain. Cf. anorexia nervosa. Also, boulimia. [1350-1400; ME < NL < Gk boulimía extreme hunger, equiv. to bou- intensive prefix (deriv. of bou-, s. of boûs OX) + lim(ós) hunger + -ia -IA] |
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