bulimia
English
/bjuˈlimi.ə/
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλιμία (ravenous hunger), βοῦς (ox, cow, cattle, ox cow) + Ancient Greek λῑμός (hunger, famine).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λῑμός
Gloss
hunger, famine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bucephalus English
- anorexia English
- bulimarexia English
- bulimarexic English
- buphthalmos English
- bugonia Latin
- bupaes Latin
- buprestis Latin
- corvus Latin
- Bukephalosz Hungarian
- Βουγονία Ancient Greek
- Βουκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- Βουκεφάλας Ancient Greek
- Πόλυβος Ancient Greek
- βοάνθεμον Ancient Greek
- βουδάκη Ancient Greek
- βουκράνιον Ancient Greek
- βουλάπαθον Ancient Greek
- βουλιμία Ancient Greek
- βουμελία Ancient Greek
- βουπόρος Ancient Greek
- βουσέλινον Ancient Greek
- βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- βούκερας Ancient Greek
- βούλιμος Ancient Greek
- βούπαις Ancient Greek
- βούπλευρος Ancient Greek
- βούπρηστις Ancient Greek
- βούτομον Ancient Greek
- βούτραγος Ancient Greek
- βούτυρον Ancient Greek
- βούτυρος Ancient Greek
- βούφθαλμον Ancient Greek
- βοῦς Ancient Greek
- βοῶπις Ancient Greek
- βόϊνος Ancient Greek
- λιμηρός Ancient Greek
- λῑμός Ancient Greek
- ὀφθαλμός Ancient Greek
- βοΐδιον grc-koi
- *gʷous Proto-Hellenic