bulimia
See also: bulímia
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjuˈlimi.ə/, /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/, /buˈlimi.ə/, /buˈlɪmi.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmiə, -iːmiə
Noun
bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)
- (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
- 1989, Daniel Waters, Heathers, spoken by Heather Chandler:
- Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
eating disorder
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Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbulimiɑ/, [ˈbuliˌmiɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): bu‧li‧mi‧a
Declension
| Inflection of bulimia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bulimia | bulimiat | |
| genitive | bulimian | bulimioiden bulimioitten | |
| partitive | bulimiaa | bulimioita | |
| illative | bulimiaan | bulimioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bulimia | bulimiat | |
| accusative | nom. | bulimia | bulimiat |
| gen. | bulimian | ||
| genitive | bulimian | bulimioiden bulimioitten bulimiainrare | |
| partitive | bulimiaa | bulimioita | |
| inessive | bulimiassa | bulimioissa | |
| elative | bulimiasta | bulimioista | |
| illative | bulimiaan | bulimioihin | |
| adessive | bulimialla | bulimioilla | |
| ablative | bulimialta | bulimioilta | |
| allative | bulimialle | bulimioille | |
| essive | bulimiana | bulimioina | |
| translative | bulimiaksi | bulimioiksi | |
| instructive | — | bulimioin | |
| abessive | bulimiatta | bulimioitta | |
| comitative | — | bulimioineen | |
| Possessive forms of bulimia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | bulimiani | bulimiamme |
| 2nd person | bulimiasi | bulimianne |
| 3rd person | bulimiansa | |
Italian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈli.mja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -imja
- Syllabification: bu‧li‧mia
Declension
Declension of bulimia
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | bulimia |
| genitive | bulimii |
| dative | bulimii |
| accusative | bulimię |
| instrumental | bulimią |
| locative | bulimii |
| vocative | bulimio |
Spanish
Further reading
- “bulimia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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