bulimia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) +‎ λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bjuˈlimi.ə/, /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/, /buˈlimi.ə/, /buˈlɪmi.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmiə, -iːmiə

Noun

bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

Synonyms

Translations

Finnish

Noun

bulimia

  1. (pathology) bulimia

Declension
Inflection of bulimia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative bulimia bulimiat
genitive bulimian bulimioiden
bulimioitten
partitive bulimiaa bulimioita
illative bulimiaan bulimioihin
singular plural
nominative bulimia bulimiat
accusative nom. bulimia bulimiat
gen. bulimian
genitive bulimian bulimioiden
bulimioitten
bulimiainrare
partitive bulimiaa bulimioita
inessive bulimiassa bulimioissa
elative bulimiasta bulimioista
illative bulimiaan bulimioihin
adessive bulimialla bulimioilla
ablative bulimialta bulimioilta
allative bulimialle bulimioille
essive bulimiana bulimioina
translative bulimiaksi bulimioiksi
instructive — bulimioin
abessive bulimiatta bulimioitta
comitative — bulimioineen

Synonyms

Italian

Noun

bulimia f (plural bulimie)

  1. bulimia, binge eating disorder

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buˈlʲi.mʲa/
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Noun

bulimia f

  1. bulimia nervosa

Declension
declension of bulimia
singular
nominative bulimia
genitive bulimii
dative bulimii
accusative bulimię
instrumental bulimią
locative bulimii
vocative bulimio

Further reading
  • bulimia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

bulimia f (plural bulimias)

  1. bulimia
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