| 单词 | geophagia | 
| 释义 | geophagian.  = geophagy n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > 			[noun]		 > depraved appetite pica1563 green sickness1596 malacia1656 pique1678 dirt-eating1817 geophagy1821 earth hunger1857 geophagia1863 coprophagy1891 parorexia1897 coprophagia1906 trichophagia1909 trichophagy1963 1863    Trans. Epidemiol. Soc. 1859–62 1 380  				Geophagia or Dirt-eating. 1915    Public Health Rep. 		(U.S. Public Health Service)	 30 12  				Geophagia... The following substances are eaten by patients..suffering from uncinariasis: Clay..; earth; sand; rags; paper; uncooked rice [etc.] 1973    Lancet 5 May 993/2  				Secondary malnutrition due to..geophagia, helminthiasis, and loss of protein due to absorption defects and liver dysfunction further adds to protein depletion. 2006    New Scientist 27 May 54/1  				In one investigation into geophagia, pregnant women reported that the rich smell of the soil drove them to eat it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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