Diseases

Bulimia

Eating an excess amount of food in a short period of time, as seen in the disorder of BULIMIA NERVOSA. It is caused by an abnormal craving for food, or insatiable hunger also known as ox hunger.

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Abstract

Eating an excess amount of food in a short period of time, as seen in the disorder of BULIMIA NERVOSA. It is caused by an abnormal craving for food, or insatiable hunger also known as ox hunger.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Binge Eating
  • Bulimias
  • Eating, Binge

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

BULIMIA NERVOSA is also available

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History Note

87; was see HYPERPHAGIA 1981-86

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Previous Indexing

  • Hyperphagia (1981-1986)

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  1. C23.888w.821.645w.500w

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WM 175

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bulimia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002032. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002032
  2. Bulimia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulimia
  3. Bulimia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64513386