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Definitions: Bulimia |
BulimiaNoun1. A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation. 2. Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bulimia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
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Health | Episodic binge eating. The episodes may be associated with the fear of not being able to stop eating, depressed mood, or self-deprecating thoughts (binge-eating disorder) and may frequently be terminated by self-induced vomiting (bulimia nervosa). (references) |
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Synonym: BulimiaSynonym: binge-eating syndrome (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bulimia |
| English words defined with "bulimia": bulimic ♦ Canine appetite ♦ Phagedena. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bulimia": Mianserine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bulimia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (craving appetite), Spanish (bulimia). |
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Screenplays | I'm gonna kick the bulimia out of you. (Bringing Down the House; writing credit: Jason Filardi) My, my, the bulimia has certainly paid off. (The First Wives Club; writing credit: Robert Harling) | |
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Health | Binge eating also takes place in another eating disorder called bulimia nervosa. (references) | |
Persons with bulimia nervosa, however, usually purge, fast, or do strenuous exercise after they binge eat. Purging means vomiting or using a lot of diuretics (water pills) or laxatives to keep from gaining weight. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bulimia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.26% of the time. "Bulimia" is used about 115 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.26% | 113 | 30,464 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.74% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 115 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "bulimia": bulimia nervosa. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bulimia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bulimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | boulimia, vraatzucht (greed), hyperorexie, geeuwhonger (famine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | boulimie, gloutonnerie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bulimie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βουλιμία (greed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bulimia, polioressia, iperbulimia, eclinia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gorley accrys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulimiabay bulimia. (various references) bulimia. (various references) bulimi, hetshunger. (various references) โรคผิ"ปกติทางอารม"์ทำให้กินมากเกินไปแล้วอาเจียนออก. (various references) ненормально підвищений апетит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bulimia": bulimiac, bulimias. (additional references) | |
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"Bulimia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abulafia, abuleia, belimia, bellinian, bilimia, Bluemaq, Blumka, Bolemia, bolimia, bolonian, Boloria, Bulaxie, Buleita, bulemia, bulima, bulimea, bulimeia, bulimiad, bulimiar, bulimiea, buline, bullimia, bullimie, bulmia, Lubimov, Mulemba, quimica. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bulimia" (pronounced byuwli"mēu) |
| 3 | -m ē u | academia, anemia, arrhythmia, Bohemia, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, ischemia, Lamia, leukemia, Macadamia, uremia. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-u" | |
-1 letter: labium. | |
-2 letters: album, alibi, biali, iambi, ilium, limba, limbi, miaul, milia. | |
-3 letters: alum, bail, balm, bima, blam, iamb, ilia, lamb, lima, limb, mail, maul. | |
-4 letters: ail, aim, alb, ami, amu, bal, bam, bum, lab, lam, lib, lum, mib, mil. | |
-5 letters: ab, ai, al, am, ba, bi, la, li, ma, mi, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-u" | |
+1 letter: bulimiac, bulimias. | |
+2 letters: umbilical. | |
+3 letters: mutability, subliminal, subminimal, umbilicals, umbilicate. | |
+4 letters: albuminuria, albuminuric, ambitiously, illuminable, implausible, implausibly, liquidambar, subfamilies, sublimating, sublimation, summability, umbilicated. | |
+5 letters: albuminurias, amphibiously, assumability, automobiling, automobilist, automobility, bilingualism, connubialism, emulsifiable, immutability, imputability, liquidambars, modulability, mutabilities, sublimations, subliminally, umbilication, unimaginable, unimaginably, unmodifiable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 6C 69 6D 69 61 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-.. .. -- .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01101100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u l i m i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 006C 0069 006D 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36877875797567 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, голландська мова, голландський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailænder, Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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