Rarely used term for rapid eating; bolting of food. ... Origin: tachy-+ G. Phago, to eat ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
tachyphagia, tachyphagy 1. Rapid or hasty eating; seen in some forms of regressed schizophrenia. 2. Food-grabbing; extreme rapidity of eating. It is commonly seen in regressed, deteriorated schizophrenics, and often such patients will grab any object, edible or not, put it into the mouth, and swallow it. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2663/3