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Yes. The word bulimia is a Scrabble US word. The word bulimia is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bulimia is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

BULIMIA,

6-letter words (2 found)

LABIUM,MALIBU,

5-letter words (11 found)

ALBUM,ALIBI,AUMIL,BIALI,IAMBI,ILIUM,LIMBA,LIMBI,LUMBI,MIAUL,MILIA,

4-letter words (16 found)

ALUM,BAIL,BALM,BALU,BIMA,BLAM,IAMB,ILIA,LAMB,LIMA,LIMB,LUMA,MAIL,MALI,MAUL,MUIL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIL,AIM,ALB,ALU,AMI,AMU,BAL,BAM,BUM,LAB,LAM,LIB,LUM,MAL,MIB,MIL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AI,AL,AM,BA,BI,LA,LI,MA,MI,MU,UM,

You can make 58 words from bulimia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bulimia

bulimia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) +‎ λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjuˈlimi.ə/, /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/, /buˈlimi.ə/, /buˈlɪmi.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmiə, -iːmiə

Noun

bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

Synonyms

  • bulimia nervosa

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbulimiɑ/, [ˈbuliˌmiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): bu‧li‧mi‧a

Noun

bulimia

  1. (pathology) bulimia

Declension

Synonyms

  • ahmimishäiriö
  • bulimia nervosa (medical professional language)

Further reading

  • “bulimia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Noun

bulimia f (plural bulimie)

  1. bulimia, binge eating disorder

Derived terms

  • bulimia nervosa
  • bulimico

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English bulimia, French boulimie, German Bulimie, ultimately from Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈli.mja/
  • Rhymes: -imja
  • Syllabification: bu‧li‧mia

Noun

bulimia f (related adjective bulimiczny)

  1. (pathology) bulimia (chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting)
    Synonym: żarłoczność psychiczna

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • bulimia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bulimia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • bulimia in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧li‧mi‧a

Noun

bulimia f (plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) bulimia
    Synonyms: cinorexia, hiperorexia, licorexia

Spanish

Noun

bulimia f (plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) bulimia

Further reading

  • “bulimia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org