BINGE-EATING SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binge-eating syndrome mean? 

• BINGE-EATING SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun BINGE-EATING SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

  Familiarity information: BINGE-EATING SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINGE-EATING SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

binge-eating syndrome; bulimia

Hypernyms ("binge-eating syndrome" is a kind of...):

eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)