BULIMIA
- serious eating disorder that occurs chiefly in females, is characterized by compulsive overeating usually followed by self-induced vomiting or laxative or diuretic abuse, and is often accompanied by guilt and depression called also bulimia nervosa
- disorder marked by eating binges followed by self-induced vomiting
- an abnormal and constant craving for food
- pathological binge eating, also BULIMUS, BULIMY [n -S]
- insatiable appetite [n BULIMIAS] : BULIMIAC [adj]