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GEOPHAGISM

\d͡ʒˌiːə͡ʊfɪd͡ʒˈɪzəm], \d‍ʒˌiːə‍ʊfɪd‍ʒˈɪzəm], \dʒ_ˌiː__əʊ_f_ɪ_dʒ_ˈɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of GEOPHAGISM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences

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The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Filth or dirt-eating.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The act or practice of eating earth. See Chthonophagia.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

[Greek] Dirt-eating; the habitual eating of clay, practiced especially by certain Indians and negroes in South America.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

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