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Geophagia Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix geo-

Geophagia has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior

2

Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pica
Rhyming Words
gia logia lygia algia kogia rugia vigia phagia plegia krigia mangia loggia goggia ogygia fungia alogia bolgia foggia myalgia enargia
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