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Bulimarexia
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bu·li·ma·rex·i·a (b-lm-rks-, -lm-, by-)
n.
An eating disorder marked by an alternation between abnormal craving for and aversion to food. It is manifested by episodes of excessive food intake followed by periods of fasting and self-induced vomiting or diarrhea. Also called binge-purge syndrome.

Bulimorexia
Anorexia nervosa with components of bulimia nervosa

bulimarexia (bōōlim´rek´sē),
n an eating disorder distinguished by a combination of the symptoms prevalent in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa; develops primarily in teenage and young adult females.


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A young girl who at 17 was anorexic, at 19 was raped, at 20 was bulimic, at 25 was bulimarexic, who had two abortions before her 30th birthday and who spent the first year of her Thirties with a binge eating disorder and clinical depression, with her head either stuck in the fridge or down the toilet.
 
 
 
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