bulimia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An eating disorder in which a person eats large amounts of food and then forces themselves to vomit

   She struggled with bulimia for years before getting help.

PIE word *gʷṓws From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”).

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