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polyphagia

polyphagia noun: an excessive appetite for food.

Noun

polyphagia (usually uncountable, plural polyphagias)

  1. (usually) An excessive appetite for food
    Synonyms:
    hyperphagia
  2. (usually) The eating of many different types of food.
    Synonyms:
    polyphagy

polyphagia meaning in Tamil

polyphagia in Tamil

பசிவேட்கை, பெருந்தீனி, மிகுபசி

Synonyms of polyphagia

Forms of polyphagia

pluralpolyphagias

Origin of polyphagia

From poly- + -phagia, from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) and ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon, “eat”).

Questions about polyphagia

What does polyphagia mean?
Polyphagia means an excessive appetite for food.
What is polyphagia in Tamil?
Polyphagia in Tamil is பசிவேட்கை, பெருந்தீனி, மிகுபசி. See Polyphagia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polyphagia?
Polyphagia is a noun.
What is the plural of polyphagia?
The plural of polyphagia is polyphagias.

Words near polyphagia in the dictionary

  1. polypetaly
  2. polyphagan
  3. polyphagans
  4. polyphage
  5. polyphages
  6. polyphagia
  7. polyphagian
  8. polyphagians
  9. polyphagias
  10. polyphagic
  11. polyphagid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyphagia (page history and authors); polyphagia (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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