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anorexia
a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
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pica
an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
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binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulima nervosa, bulimarexia
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
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binge-eating syndrome, bulimia
a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
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geophagia, geophagy
eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
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anorexia nervosa
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated
