| Meaning | eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior. | |
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| Synonym | geophagy | |
| Broader | pica | An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently |
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