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bulimia nervosa

noun

LanguagePortuguese (Portugal)

Meaning
  1. bulimia (eating disorder characterised by a binge-and-purge cycle)
  2. bulimia
  3. A serious health condition where a person eats a lot of food and then tries to get rid of it in an unhealthy way.
Examples

A bulimia nervosa é um transtorno que requer tratamento médico.

Bulimia nervosa is a disorder that requires medical treatment.

Part of speechnoun

Registerformal

Usage noteUsed in clinical, formal, or serious contexts to describe a specific medical condition.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.