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BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
Synonyms:
binge-purge syndrome; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa; bulimarexia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("binge-purge syndrome" is a kind of...):
eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)
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