/ English Dictionary

EATING DISORDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of the normal eating routine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("eating disorder" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eating disorder"):

anorexia (a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite)

pica (an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently)

binge-purge syndrome; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa; bulimarexia (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)

binge-eating syndrome; bulimia (a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation)

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