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Definition of Geophagy
1. Noun. Eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior.
Definition of Geophagy
1. Noun. The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geophagy
1. the practice of eating earthy substances [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geophagy
Literary usage of Geophagy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biology by Charles Letourneau (1878)
"Among the lower beings, geophagy easily explains itself ... geophagy is less
easily comprehended in man; nevertheless, independently of pathological cases, ..."
2. The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal by Medical College of Georgia (1845)
"In tie Southern States, geophagy prevails to a considerable extent, ... According to
Dr. Joseph Pitt, geophagy prevails endemically among the poor white ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< geophagy + -ima. ... M. [< geophagy + -ist. ... the earth, + <j>a-
geophagy (jc-of'a-ji), n. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"It more generally appears as a sequela of the "geophagy." If original, it does
uot seem intractable, ..."
5. Health and Social Progress by Rudolph Michael Binder (1920)
"108 In order to illustrate from another point of view how necessary it is to look
for specific instead of general reasons, we will refer to geophagy or ..."
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