单词 | geophagia |
释义 | geophagian. = geophagy n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > depraved appetite pica1563 green sickness1596 malacia1656 pique1678 dirt-eating1817 geophagy1821 earth hunger1857 geophagia1863 coprophagy1891 parorexia1897 coprophagia1906 trichophagia1909 trichophagy1963 1863 Trans. Epidemiol. Soc. 1859–62 1 380 Geophagia or Dirt-eating. 1915 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 30 12 Geophagia... The following substances are eaten by patients..suffering from uncinariasis: Clay..; earth; sand; rags; paper; uncooked rice [etc.] 1973 Lancet 5 May 993/2 Secondary malnutrition due to..geophagia, helminthiasis, and loss of protein due to absorption defects and liver dysfunction further adds to protein depletion. 2006 New Scientist 27 May 54/1 In one investigation into geophagia, pregnant women reported that the rich smell of the soil drove them to eat it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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