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placentophagy

placentophagy noun: consumption of one's own placenta immediately after childbirth.

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.

Origin of placentophagy

From placento- + -phagy.

Questions about placentophagy

What does placentophagy mean?
Placentophagy means consumption of one's own placenta immediately after childbirth.
What part of speech is placentophagy?
Placentophagy is a noun.

Words near placentophagy in the dictionary

  1. placentomic
  2. placentone
  3. placentophagia
  4. placentophagic
  5. placentophagous
  6. placentophagy
  7. placentopoiesis
  8. placentoside
  9. placentotrophic
  10. placentotrophy
  11. placepot

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