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geophagia

/d͡ʒiəˈfeɪdʒə/

geophagia noun: consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.

Noun

geophagia (uncountable)

  1. Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
    • In fact, expectant mothers in many sub-Saharan African cultures routinely eat soils (a practice called geophagia).2006 May 27, NewScientist, page 54, column 1
    Synonyms:
    pica

geophagia meaning in Tamil and Bengali

geophagia in Tamil

மண் உண்ணல், மண்தின்னி

geophagia in Bengali

কাদা, খড়ি, মাটি ভক্ষণ

Synonyms of geophagia

Origin of geophagia

From geo- + -phagia.

Questions about geophagia

What does geophagia mean?
Geophagia means consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
What is geophagia in Tamil?
Geophagia in Tamil is மண் உண்ணல், மண்தின்னி. See Geophagia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is geophagia?
Geophagia is a noun.
How do you pronounce geophagia?
Geophagia is pronounced /d͡ʒiəˈfeɪdʒə/.

Words near geophagia in the dictionary

  1. geopedology
  2. geopetal
  3. geopetally
  4. geophage
  5. geophages
  6. geophagia
  7. geophagic
  8. geophagin
  9. geophagine
  10. geophagines
  11. geophagins

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