eating disorder

American  

noun

eating disorders plural

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

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eating disorder Scientific  

/ 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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• eating disorders
  plural

Etymology

Origin of eating disorder

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

eating disorder

Anorexia kills a higher percentage of patients than any other eating disorder, data shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

This January, she stopped the injections and began going to eating disorder treatment several times a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

"Some of the side effects of weight-loss injections, like nausea and vomiting, could also be very triggering to someone who has an existing eating disorder," she said.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Amber Glenn recalls struggling with depression and an eating disorder early in her career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

At the age of eleven, Khaleh Mandana began to display signs of an eating disorder, and doctors advised that she was better off living with her mother.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi