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polyphagy
pol·y·pha·gi·a P0427900 (pŏl′ē-fā′jē-ə, -jə) or po·lyph·a·gy (pə-lĭf′ə-jē)n.1. An excessive or pathological desire to eat.2. Zoology The habit of feeding on many different kinds of food.
pol′y·pha′gi·an adj.
po·lyph·a·gous P0428000 (pə-lĭf′ə-gəs)adj. Feeding on many different kinds of food: polyphagous predators.
po·lyph′a·gy (-ə-jē) n.polyphagy (pəˈlɪfədʒɪ) n1. (Medicine) med an insatiable appetite2. (Zoology) zoology the practice of eating a variety of foodspolyphagia, polyphagy1. a desire for all kinds of food.
2. Med. excessive or gluttonous consumption of food. — polyphagian, n. — polyphagic, polyphagous, adj.See also: Food and Nutrition
Pathology. excessive appetite or excessive eating.See also: Disease and Illness
the tendency to eat a wide variety of food. — polyphagist, n. — polyphagic, adj.See also: Biology
EncyclopediaSeePolyphagiapolyphagy
polyphagy Pathologic overeating. See Bulimia. |