- a habitual disturbance in eating behavior mostly affecting young women of normal weight, characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain.
- abnormally voracious appetite or unnaturally constant hunger.
- pathologically insatiable hunger, esp when caused by a brain lesion
- a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
