Definitions
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- noun The condition where
organisms feed on their ownmother
Etymologies
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From matri- (mother) and the suffix -phagy (to feed on)
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Examples
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The section is titled “Matriphagy”—the consumption of a mother by her offspring.)
“Matrescence,” and the Transformations of Motherhood Condé Nast 2024
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