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purging

n. the activity of expelling food that has just been ingested, usually by vomiting or the use of laxatives. Purging often occurs in conjunction with an eating binge in anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa; its purpose is to eliminate or reduce real or imagined weight gain.

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