eating disorder

noun

: any of several psychological disorders (such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia) characterized by serious disturbances of eating behavior

Examples of eating disorder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By the numbers The numbers around eating disorders at midlife are sobering: Rates of eating disorders among middle-aged women have increased in recent years. —Rebecca Lester, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025

Students wrote about depression, heartbreak, suicide, addiction, bullying, and eating disorders. —Claire Bryan and Sharon Lurye, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025

The syndrome could afflict men as well as women, and it wasn’t limited to athletes with eating disorders. —Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025

That, and the usual dance stereotypes: that ballet amounted to eating disorders, cutthroat competition, tiara-ed reeds in stiff tutus dancing in the moonlight. —Elyse Durham, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eating disorder

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• border
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• warder
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• recorder
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• suborder
• transborder

Kids Definition

eating disorder

noun

: any of several disorders (as bulimia) marked by abnormal eating behaviors

Medical Definition

eating disorder

noun

: any of several psychological disorders (as anorexia nervosa or bulimia) characterized by serious disturbances of eating behavior