binge-purge syndrome

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   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

   Synonymsbulimarexiabinge-vomit syndromebulima nervosa

   Broadereating disorder

Questions about binge-purge syndrome

What does binge-purge syndrome mean?

binge-purge syndrome means "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".

What is another word for binge-purge syndrome?

Close synonyms include bulimarexia, binge-vomit syndrome, bulima nervosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is binge-purge syndrome a common word?

binge-purge syndrome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.