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Definition of Pica

1. Noun. An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently.

2. Noun. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.

3. Noun. Magpies.

Definition of Pica

1. n. The genus that includes the magpies.

Definition of Pica

1. Noun. A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. ¹

2. Noun. (typography uncountable) A size of type. ¹

3. Noun. (typography countable) A unit of measure equivalent to 12 points. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pica

1. a craving for unnatural food [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pica

1. 1. The genus that includes the magpies. 2. A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. 3. A service-book. See Pie. 4. A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. This line is printed in pica Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc, and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like. Small pica, a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. This line is printed in small pica Origin: L. Pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. Named from some resemblance to the colours of the magpie. Cf. Pie magpie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pica

piazze piazzian pibal pibals pibble pibbles pibcorn pibcorns piberaline pibgorn

piblokto pibloktoq pibroch pibrochs pic pica (current term) pica-pica pica em picacho picachos

picadillo picadillos picador picadores picadors pical picalilli picalillis picamar picamars

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