geophagy

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Synonyms: oophagy, exophagy, kreophagy, pedophagy, geophagia, theophagy, aerophagy, omophagy, biophagy, ecophagy, hemophagy

Antonyms: oophagy, exophagy, kreophagy, pedophagy, geophagia, theophagy, aerophagy, omophagy, biophagy, ecophagy, hemophagy

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Noun

1. The [[practice]] of [[eat]]ing [[earthy]] [[substance]]s such as [[clay]] and [[chalk]], often during [[famine]]s or [[thought]] to [[augment]] a [[mineral]]-[[deficient]] [[diet]].

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