bulimia nervosa

bulimia nervosa

English Noun

Definition

An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

Etymology

From Latin bulimia, from Ancient Greek βουλῑμία (boulīmía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) and Latin nervosa.