Look up: Geophagy


  1. geophagy
    [n] - eating earth or clay or chalk
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  2. geophagy
    geophagia noun eating earth or clay or chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=geophagy

  3. geophagy
    (je-of´ә-je) geophagia.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  4. geophagy
    geophagous, geophage, geophagy 1. Feeding on soil; deriving nutrients from soil or the sediment. 2. Ingestion of earthy substances like clay; as a result of starvation, lack of something in the diet, or possibly as a result of mental illness. More details about geophagy.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2736/7

  5. Geophagy
    Geophagy is the practice of eating earthy or soil-like substances such as clay, and chalk. It exists in animals in the wild and also in humans, most often in rural or preindustrial societies among children and pregnant women. Human geophagy may be related to pica, a classified eating disorder in th...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagy

  6. geophagy
    1) Eating 2) Eating earth or clay or chalk 3) Feeding 4) Geophagia 5) Pica
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/geophagy/1

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