HyperDic: geophagia

English > 1 sense of the word geophagia:
NOUNactgeophagia, geophagyeating earth, clay, chalk
English > geophagia: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningeating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior.
Synonymgeophagy
BroaderpicaAn eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently

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