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Eating DIsorder- //**noun**// any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.

Anorexia Nervosa **// –noun //** an eating disorder primarily affecting adolescent girls and young women, characterized by pathological fear of becoming fat, distorted body image, excessive dieting, and emaciation.

Bulimia Nervosa- //**noun**// **1** **:** an abnormal and constant craving for food called also //hyperorexia// **2** **:** a serious eating disorder that occurs chiefly in females, is characterized by compulsive overeating usually followed by self-induced vomiting or laxative or diuretic abuse, and is often accompanied by guilt and depression

binge- //**noun**// a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence

Laxatives-//**noun, adjective**// a medicine or agent for relieving bowels Diuretics-//**adjective**//

increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.

Perfetionism- //**noun**// a personal standard, attiude or philosophy that demands perfetion and rejects anything less.

Norms- //**noun**// rules and expections by which a society guides the behavior of its members

lanugo hair- //**noun**// A soft, downy body hair that develops on the chest and arms of anorexic women