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bulimia

How to use bulimia in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for bulimia.

Editorial note

He then made a joke about bulimia, my flatmate slammed his drink down in anger.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bulimia gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bulimia.

noun

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

noun

pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

Example sentences

1

He then made a joke about bulimia, my flatmate slammed his drink down in anger.

2

I asked what was up, he replied "My girlfriend suffered from bulimia, I've seen what it does, I don't think you should joke about it".

3

After all, what's a better market for diet pills than people suffering from bulimia or anorexia?

4

You show thin teens on magazine covers long enough and next thing you know you deal with anorexia/bulimia pandemic.

5

How do you explain that anorexia and bulimia are massively swung towards people who target male sexual partners?

6

Large uncontrolled effect sizes were found for bulimia nervosa and schizophrenia.

7

It's like a kind of caustic acid bath, which, in the same way bulimia will destory a person's teeth, YouTube comments manifest as an erosion of intellect.

8

They're starting out with eating disorders - bulimia, anorexia, binge eating and obsessive eating.

9

While I do agree that most attempts to "look better" will lead to better overall health, there's some ugly sides to that, as well: bulimia, anorexia, stimulant appetite suppressants, etc.

10

The only way you can eat less than you expend and still lose weight is to not adsorb some of what you eat, and doing that, while possible with laxatives use, bulimia, and certain drugs, tends to have messy consequences.

11

Just as bad as schizophrenia, bulimia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and autism.

12

I was astounded by the hypocrisy, and replied "I agree, people who think they can joke about bulimia make me sick".My point is, it's impossible to predict what may offend a given audience, and I don't think people should try not to offend anyone.

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This same article and same code example could have been written in 1975 -- "I just figured out how to use function pointers in C..."Even "object orientation" had already been invented back then, but I assume no one could have imagined that it would be perverted into a chronic bulimia of superfluous types as demonstrated by the "LinearSearchModeFactory" example here.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bulimia in a sentence?

He then made a joke about bulimia, my flatmate slammed his drink down in anger.

What does bulimia mean?

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

What part of speech is bulimia?

bulimia is commonly used as noun.