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    Pica
    Pi'ca noun [ Latin pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 probably named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Confer Pie magpie.] 1. (Zoology) The genus that includes the magpies. 2. (Medicine) A vitiate...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/83
    
    
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    pica
    1. <zoology> The genus that includes the magpies. ... 2. <medicine> A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. ... 3. A service-book. See Pie. ... 4. A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. ... This li...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?pica
    
    
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    Pica
    genus Pica noun magpies
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pica
    
    
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    pica
    (pi´kә) compulsive eating of nonnutritive substances, such as ice (pagophagia), dirt (geophagia), gravel, flaking paint or plaster, clay, hair (trichophagia), or laundry starch (amylophagia). It is often seen during pregnancy and also occurs in some patients with iron or zinc deficiencies. In...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Pica
    • (n.) A service-book. See Pie. • (n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. • (n.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. • (n.) The genus that includes the magpies.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pica/
    
    
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    pica
    (from the article `cat, domestic`) Pica—a hunger for nonnutritive substances—may be a symptom of the need for more roughage in the diet or of feline leukemia or other health problems. ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/64
    
    
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    pica
    pica 1. The genus that includes the magpies. 2. A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food; such as, chalk, ashes, coal, etc. A craving for something not normally regarded as nutritive. For example, dirt. Pica is a classic clue to iron deficiency in children. It also occurs in zinc def...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1666/
    
    
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    Pica
    (1) A unit of measurement for type specification and printing which measures width; 6 picas to one inch. (2) A size of type, 12 points.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21023
    
    
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    Pica
    [typography] A pica (ə) is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to 1/72 of its respective foot, and therefore to 1/6 of an inch. The pica contains 12 point units of measure. The pica originated around 1785, when François-Ambrose "L`éclat" Didot (1730–1804) refined the typographic...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(typography)
    
    
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    Pica
    [genus] Pica is the genus of two to four species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the old. They have long tails and have predominantly black and white markings. One species ranges widely from Europe through Asia, one occurs all over North America and the third is res...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(genus)
    
    
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    Pica
    [disorder] Pica (ə {respell|PY|kə}) is characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive (such as clay or chalk). For these actions to be considered pica, they must persist for more than one month at an age where eating such objects is considered developmentally inappropria...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)
    
    
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    pica
    
    1. a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
    2. magpies
    3. eating earth or clay or chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency
    
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    Pica
    An eating disorder that is characterized by strong cravings of things that are not food. Common foods include coal, chalk, cigarette butts, paper, soil and feces. The symptoms of pica usually persist for more than one month at an age where eating such objects is considered developmentally inappropri...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/P/5
    
    

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