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

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eating disorder

The 19-year-old Cardiff University student said she believes if she'd had access to AI during her eating disorder, it would have had a "terrible impact".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Owens said in a recent Medium post that the online vitriol drove her to an eating disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I had an eating disorder, which is still kind of … You know, last night, I asked for apple juice during the show — I was in trouble because I wasn’t eating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Few people then, not even Carpenter’s closest confidantes, knew how to talk about what was actually an eating disorder, much less manage it.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

She's taken her eating disorder on the road, conditioning her hair with whipped topping and rolling her bangs in finger-size breakfast sausages.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris