- monophagia
- mono·pha·gia (mon″o-faґje-ə) [mono- + -phagia] 1. desire for one kind of food only. 2. the eating of only one meal a day.
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MONOPHAGIA — Graeca vox, Solitariam cenam denotans, velut criminis locô, quondam lbiecta est, ut Athenaeus observat. Unde in criminatione Domitiani hoc non praetermiserunt veteres, quod solus vesceretur; cum civilissimi et communissimi quique Principes amicos … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
monophagia — /mon euh fay jeuh, jee euh/, n. the eating of or craving for only one kind of food. [MONO + Gk phagia PHAGY] * * * … Universalium
monophagia — /mɒnoʊˈfeɪdʒiə/ (say monoh fayjeeuh) noun the eating of or the desire for only one kind of food. Also, monophagy. {mono + Greek phagia. See phagy} …
monophagia — /mon euh fay jeuh, jee euh/, n. the eating of or craving for only one kind of food. [MONO + Gk phagia PHAGY] … Useful english dictionary
monophagism — Habitual eating of but one kind of food or but one meal a day when the latter is clearly an aberration. [mono + G. phago, to eat] * * * mo·noph·a·gism (mə nofґə jiz əm) monophagia … Medical dictionary
SOLITARIA Coena — vide supra Monophagia, it. Sensus communis … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
monofagia — 1mo·no·fa·gì·a s.f. 1. TS med. alimentazione basata su un solo alimento o su un solo gruppo di alimenti 2. TS biol. caratteristica degli organismi che si nutrono di una sola sostanza o di una sola specie animale o vegetale | caratteristica dei… … Dizionario italiano
monophagous — a. eating one kind of food only. ♦ monophagia, ♦ monophagism, ♦ monophagy, n … Dictionary of difficult words
