Bulimia at Dentist Dictionary

What is Bulimia? An eating and psychiatric compulsive disorder characterized by episodic binge eating of large volumes of food, followed by purging behavior such as self-induced vomiting, vigorous exercise and laxative or diuretic abuse.

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