Complete Definition of "geophagia"

English

Noun
geophagia or geophagy

  1. Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt; generally found in primitive tribes, cases of severe malnutrition

Synonyms
pica

Related terms
chthonophagia, chthonophagy

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