Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a depraved appetite for eating substances of a non-alimentary or noxious character, as in many anemic and hysterical persons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
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- noun rare Having
food cravings that aredifferent from theexpected or thenorm
Etymologies
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From allo- (different) and suffix -phagy; from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (allos, "other") and the suffix -φαγία (-phagia), combining form of φαγεῖν (phagein, "to eat")
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n. - any of several speech sounds regarded as variants of a given phoneme. adj. - synthetic drug used against gout. allotriophagy
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whichbe commented on the word allotriophagy
Craving for strange foods. (from Phrontistery)
May 22, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word allotriophagy
JM urges a serious reconsideration of allotriophagy and the impacts of colonialism.
August 30, 2010