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n. - Eating earth or clay or chalk.

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Usage examples (5)
  • The article reports that geophagia is present in many parts of the world, but from the examples mentioned, it seems to be most prevalent among African children and...
  • (Via Archinect Forum.) 3) Cabinet Magazine on geophagia.
  • (1999) Nematode intestinal parasites of children in rural Guinea, Africa: prevalence and relationship to geophagia.
  • 3 Cabinet Magazine on geophagia.
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