bulimia
/bjuːˈlɪmɪə/noun
mass noun
1- insatiable overeating as a medical condition, in particular食欲过盛, 尤指：
1.1
- （亦作bulimia nervosa）an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting贪食症。
派生词
bulimic
adjective & noun词源
late Middle English （as bolisme, later bulimy ）： modern Latin， or from medieval Latin bolismos, from Greek boulimia 'ravenous hunger'， from bous 'ox' + limos 'hunger'.