English noun: bulimia | |||
| 1. | bulimia (state) a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | ||
| Synonyms | binge-eating syndrome | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eating disorder | ||
| 2. | bulimia (state) pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunger, hungriness | ||