BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binge-purge syndrome mean? 

• BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINGE-PURGE SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

binge-purge syndrome; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa; bulimarexia

Hypernyms ("binge-purge syndrome" is a kind of...):

eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)