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Meaning of geophagia in English
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/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈfeɪdʒ(ɪ)ə/
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Noun
geophagia
Etymology
mid 19th century. From geo- + -phagia, probably after scientific Latin geophagia
Definitions
1.
eating earth or clay or chalk
Examples
« occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency »