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BULIMIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bulimic mean?
• BULIMIC (noun)
The noun BULIMIC has 1 sense:
1. a person suffering from bulimia
Familiarity information: BULIMIC used as a noun is very rare.
• BULIMIC (adjective)
The adjective BULIMIC has 1 sense:
1. suffering from bulimia
Familiarity information: BULIMIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from bulimia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bulimic" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
bulimic (suffering from bulimia)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering from bulimia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
bulimia (pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions))
Derivation:
bulimia (pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions))
bulimia (a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation)
bulimic (a person suffering from bulimia)
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