Bulimia

bulimia /bu·lim·ia/ (bdbobr-le´me-ah) [Gr.] episodic binge eating usually followed by behavior designed to negate the caloric intake of the ingested food, most commonly purging behaviors such as self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse but sometimes other methods such as excessive exercise or fasting.bulim´ic

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bulimia nervo´sa  an eating disorder occurring mainly in girls and young women, characterized by episodic binge eating followed by purging or other behaviors designed to prevent weight gain and by excessive influence of body shape and size on the patient's sense of self-worth. Bingeing episodes involve intake of quantifiably excessive quantities of food within a short, discrete period and a sense of loss of control over food intake during these periods. Unlike anorexia nervosa, no extreme weight loss occurs.

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bu·li·mi·a (b-lm-, -lm-, by-)

n.

A chronic eating disorder involving repeated and secretive episodes of eating, characterized by uncontrolled rapid ingestion of large quantities of food over a short period of time, followed by self-induced vomiting, purging, and anorexia and accompanied by feelings of guilt, depression, or self-disgust. Also called bulimia nervosa, hyperorexia.

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bu·limic adj. & n.

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Bulimia

An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behavior, such as vomiting, misusing laxatives, or excessive exercise.

Mentioned in: Antidepressants, Tricyclic, Binge-Eating Disorder, Psychosocial Disorders

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bulimia,

n psychologic eating disorder in individuals of normal weight marked by consumption of excessive amounts of food, followed by self-induced vomiting.

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bulimia (blē´mē),

n repeated secretive bouts of excessive eating followed by self-induced vomiting, purging, and anorexia, usually accompanied by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-disgust. Oral signs may include dental erosion of the lingual surface of the maxillary anterior teeth.

Bulimia.

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bulimia

abnormal increase in the sensation of hunger. Because of its subjectivity the diagnosis could only be assumed in an animal.