eating disorder

noun

1. any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.

eating disorder

/ ē′tĭng /

1. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eating disorder¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Cathy Rigby was in the midst of a full-blown eating disorder when she won the Americans’ first world championship medal in 1970, a silver on beam.

From FiveThirtyEight

Victoria is remarkably outspoken and has garnered attention for publicly acknowledging her battle with an eating disorder and struggle with dyslexia.

From Ozy

Played with gritted-teeth intensity by Rose Byrne, she’s a frustrated San Diego housewife with a Berkeley degree, a young daughter, an eating disorder and a relentlessly critical inner monologue.

From Time

Because the audience is privy to Sheila’s inner thoughts, Physical is more unflinching about its portrayal of an eating disorder than possibly any other show before it.

From The Daily Beast

Factoring in the eating disorder weighed heavily on my mind.

From Outside Online

What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?

From The Daily Beast

Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.

From The Daily Beast

The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.

From The Daily Beast

Our relationship did not improve as I entered college and developed a raging eating disorder.

From The Daily Beast

What happens when someone with an eating disorder history is diagnosed with high cholesterol?

From The Daily Beast