parorexian.
/ˌparə(ʊ)ˈrɛksɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɛroʊˈrɛksiə/ Medicine.
Disordered or abnormal appetite; spec. pica.
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pica1563
green sickness1596
malacia1656
pique1678
dirt-eating1817
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earth hunger1857
geophagia1863
coprophagy1891
parorexia1897
coprophagia1906
trichophagia1909
trichophagy1963
1897 M. Einhorn in Twentieth Cent. Pract. VIII. 314 Parorexia denotes a condtion in which the appetite is directed towards special and peculiar kinds of food.
1936 P. T. Young Motivation of Behavior iii. 108 There are various other interesting instances of parorexia occurring as the symptom of a diseased condition. Grass-eating of carnivora in case of sickness is well known.
1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 39 119 Abnormalities of the need for food [are classified] as ‘anorexia’, ‘bulimia’, and ‘parorexia’.
1998 W. Coleman Bathwater Wine 124 Causing episodes of somnambulism, dysgnosia and parorexia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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