Noun: bulimia nervosa
- A 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
"She sought treatment for bulimia nervosa after years of struggling with her eating habits";
- bulimarexia, binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome
Type of: eating disorder
Encyclopedia: Bulimia nervosa