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“geophagia”
1. The consumption of earth, dirt, clay, or chalk: The practice of geophagia is especially typical of earthworms eating soil. .
2. A form of pica, or the ingestion of chalk, clay, dirt, sand, or ice: Geophagia can be a pathological disorder when a person has a peculiar appetite or craving for substances that are not edible.
2. A form of pica, or the ingestion of chalk, clay, dirt, sand, or ice: Geophagia can be a pathological disorder when a person has a peculiar appetite or craving for substances that are not edible.
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geo-, ge- +
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phago-, phag-, -phage, -phagi, -phagic, -phagically, -phagia, -phagism, -phagist, -phagic, -phagous, -phagy
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