purge : Idioms & Phrases

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binge-purge syndrome

  • noun a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
    bulimarexia; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa.
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purging cassia

  • noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
    drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; canafistula; canafistola; pudding pipe tree; golden shower tree.
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