bulimarexia

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noun

An eating disorder involving both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Similar
bulimia nervosabinge-purge syndromebinge-vomit syndrome
OriginEnglish anorexia ← Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti →
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Meanings

nounbulimarexia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn eating disorder involving both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
  2. uncommonuncountablemedicineSynonym of bulimia nervosa.

    Synonyms: bulimia nervosa

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of bulimia nervosa.

Similar
bulimia nervosa

More synonyms by meaning

nouna 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

Similar
binge-purge syndromebinge-vomit syndromebulimia nervosa
Broader
eating disorder
Also see
bulimia nervosa

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
  3. Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
  4. Ancient Greekλῑμός (līmós)
  5. Ancient Greekβούλῑμος (boúlīmos)
  6. Ancient Greekβουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā)
  7. Englishbulimia
  8. Proto-Indo-European*né
  9. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  11. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  14. Ancient Greekὀρέγω (orégō)
  15. Ancient Greekὄρεξῐς (órexĭs)
  16. Ancient Greekἀνορεξία (anorexía)
  17. Englishanorexia
  18. Englishbulimarexia

Blend of bulimia + anorexia.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bulimarexia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulimarexia.

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