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aerophagy

aerophagy noun: the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.

Noun

aerophagy (uncountable)

  1. The swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
    Synonyms:
    aerophagia

aerophagy meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

aerophagy in Tamil

காற்று விழுங்கிகள்

aerophagy in Kannada

ಗಾಳಿನುಂಗಣೆ, ಗಾಳಿದಿನಿಕೆ

aerophagy in Indonesian

the swallowing of air
aerofagia

Synonyms of aerophagy

Origin of aerophagy

From aero- + -phagy.

Words formed from aerophagy

Questions about aerophagy

What does aerophagy mean?
Aerophagy means the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
What is aerophagy in Tamil?
Aerophagy in Tamil is காற்று விழுங்கிகள். See Aerophagy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aerophagy?
Aerophagy is a noun.

Words near aerophagy in the dictionary

  1. aerophagia
  2. aerophagic
  3. aerophagist
  4. aerophagists
  5. aerophagous
  6. aerophagy
  7. aerophane
  8. aerophanes
  9. aerophare
  10. aerophares
  11. aerophilatelic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aerophagy (page history and authors); aerophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aerophagy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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