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bulimia nervosa

/byoo-lim-ee-uh, -lee-mee-uh, boo-, buh-/US // byuˈlɪm i ə, -ˈli mi ə, bu-, bə- //UK // (bjuːˈlɪmɪə) //

神经性贪食症,神经性暴食症,贪食症,暴食症

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called binge-purge syn·drome [binj-purj-sin-drohm], /ˈbɪndʒˈpɜrdʒ ˌsɪn droʊm/, bu·lim·i·a ner·vo·sa [nur-voh-suh]. /nɜrˈvoʊ sə/. Psychiatry. a habitual disturbance in eating behavior mostly affecting young women of normal weight, characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain.Compare anorexia nervosa.
    • : Also called hyperphagia. Pathology. abnormally voracious appetite or unnaturally constant hunger.

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Examples

  • A major plot of Physical chronicles how Sheila navigates a severe bulimia disorder.

  • Diana spoke openly about her marriage, her struggles with postnatal depression and bulimia, and confirmed her extramarital affair with army officer James Hewitt.

  • Institutionally, however, the so-called nature prescription gets surprisingly little attention when it comes to anorexia, bulimia, and related conditions.

  • In figuring out how to address her bulimia, Netflix worked with a United Kingdom eating disorder charity, the Beat.

  • Binge eating and purging does the same for someone with bulimia.

  • Others shared stories of friends who suffered from bulimia in an open secret.

  • Other risk factors include a history of sexual abuse and bulimia, both of which also affect more women than men.

  • She struggled with bulimia and, when she was anxious, would eat excessively.

  • Bruni candidly writes of his weight struggles, which included bulimia, laxative abuse, and junk-food binges.

  • It is a species of bulimia—an insatiable appetite, which "grows by what it feeds on."

  • From hence they marched through snow the whole of the following day, and many of the men contracted the bulimia.

  • In adults there is sometimes bulimia and a marked capriciousness of the appetite.

  • The patient may develop an enormous appetite—what we call bulimia—eating several times as much as she does ordinarily.

  • Hence they marched through snow the whole of the following day, and many of the men contracted the bulimia.