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amylophagia

amylophagia noun: the pathological desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods.

Noun

amylophagia (uncountable)

  1. The pathological desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods.

amylophagia meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

amylophagia in Tamil

மாவு உணவு உண்ணல்மிகைப்பு, மாவு உணவு விருப்ப மிகைப்பு

amylophagia in Kannada

ಹಿಟ್ಟುದಿನಿಕೆ

amylophagia in Indonesian

pathologic desire to eat excessive starch
amilofagia

Forms of amylophagia

alternative formamylophagy

Words formed from amylophagia

Questions about amylophagia

What does amylophagia mean?
Amylophagia means the pathological desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods.
What is amylophagia in Tamil?
Amylophagia in Tamil is மாவு உணவு உண்ணல்மிகைப்பு, மாவு உணவு விருப்ப மிகைப்பு. See Amylophagia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amylophagia?
Amylophagia is a noun.

Words near amylophagia in the dictionary

  1. amylometric
  2. amylon
  3. amylopectin
  4. amylopectinosis
  5. amylopectins
  6. amylophagia
  7. amylophagic
  8. amylophagy
  9. amyloplast
  10. amyloplastic
  11. amyloplasts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amylophagia (page history and authors); amylophagia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amylophagia (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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