geophagy

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von geophagy im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(Tıp) Toprak yeme itiyadı, jeofaji

toprak yeme alışkanlığ

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von geophagy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet

The act of eating dirt or clay

{i} practice of eating dirt or clay (in times of famine or as a symptom of a mental illness)

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

Silbentrennung

ge·oph·a·gy

Etymologie

() From geo- (earth) and the suffix -phagy (to feed on)