Meaning

noun a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

noun pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós) Ancient Greek βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā)lbor. English bulimia Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā,…

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