diabulimia
n.— «During her teens Lisa rebelled against her diabetes and started skipping vital insulin injections to lose weight, a practice now known as “diabulimia.”» —“High Fashion In Dorchester For Diabetes UK” in United Kingdom Medical News Today Apr. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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