noun
Meaning 1
Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
geophagia
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/d͡ʒiəˈfeɪdʒə/
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/d͡ʒiəˈfeɪdʒiə/
noun
Meaning 2
eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geophagy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pica
History
Etymology
From geo- + -phagia.
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