geophagia
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geophagia — noun Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt. Syn: pica See Also: chthonophagia, chthonophagy, geophagy … Wiktionary
geophagia — n. practice of eating dirt or clay (in times of famine or as a symptom of a mental illness) … English contemporary dictionary
geophagia — ge·o·pha·gia … English syllables
geophagia — n. the eating of dirt. See: pica … The new mediacal dictionary
geophagia — noun eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior • Syn: ↑geophagy • Hypernyms: ↑pica * * * ˌjēōˈfāj(ē)ə noun ( s) Etymology … Useful english dictionary
geophagia, geophagism, geophagy — The practice of eating dirt or clay. SYN: dirt eating. [geo + G. phago, to eat] … Medical dictionary
Геофагия (Geophagia) — поедание почвы. См. Пикацизм. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
ГЕОФАГИЯ — (geophagia) поедание почвы. См. Пикацизм … Толковый словарь по медицине
Geophagy — The red and green macaw eats clay from exposed riverbanks, allowing it to utilize nutrients in harmful foods. Geophagy is the practice of eating earthy or soil like substances such as clay, and chalk. It exists in animals in the wild and also in… … Wikipedia
Toxocariasis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Toxocara canis DiseasesDB = 29739 ICD10 = ICD10|B|83|0|b|65 (ILDS B83.01) ICD9 = ICD9|128.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2293 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|ped|2270 |… … Wikipedia
