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placentophagia

placentophagia is the alternative form of placentophagy.

Meaning of placentophagy

Noun

placentophagy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Consumption of one's own placenta immediately after childbirth.
  2. The consumption of a placenta, of any species, as part of a meal.

Questions about placentophagia

What is placentophagia the alternative form of?
Placentophagia is the alternative form of placentophagy.

Words near placentophagia in the dictionary

  1. placentome
  2. placentomegaly
  3. placentomes
  4. placentomic
  5. placentone
  6. placentophagia
  7. placentophagic
  8. placentophagous
  9. placentophagy
  10. placentopoiesis
  11. placentoside

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