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“xerophagia”
xerophagia
1. The eating of dry foodstuffs; subsisting on a dry diet.
2. A diet of bread and water.
2. A diet of bread and water.
Actually, xerophagy refers to a type of religious fast in which the jejunator [the person who fasts] consumes only bread, salt, unseasoned vegetables, and water. It’s strange that a word element [xero] which means “dry”, includes water.
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phago-, phag-, -phage, -phagi, -phagic, -phagically, -phagia, -phagism, -phagist, -phagic, -phagous, -phagy
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