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parorexia

parorexia noun: an abnormal craving to eat objects not normally considered food.

Noun

parorexia (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal craving to eat objects not normally considered food.
    Synonyms:
    pica

parorexia meaning in Tamil

parorexia in Tamil

அல்லுணாவுண்புக் கோளாறு, அல்லுணாவுண்புத் திரிபவா

Synonyms of parorexia

Origin of parorexia

From par- + -orexia.

Questions about parorexia

What does parorexia mean?
Parorexia means an abnormal craving to eat objects not normally considered food.
What is parorexia in Tamil?
Parorexia in Tamil is அல்லுணாவுண்புக் கோளாறு, அல்லுணாவுண்புத் திரிபவா. See Parorexia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parorexia?
Parorexia is a noun.

Words near parorexia in the dictionary

  1. paroquet auks
  2. paroquets
  3. paroral
  4. parorchis
  5. parore
  6. parorexia
  7. Paros
  8. parosmia
  9. parosmias
  10. parosmic
  11. parosmis

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