释义 |
apha·gia \əˈfāj(ē)ə, aˈ-\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin, from a- (II) + -phagia 1. : loss of the ability to swallow 2. : an inability to feed — used of the state of certain insect imagos (as mayflies) in which the adult is dependent on reserves stored during larval life and takes no food |