geophagy
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Toprak yeme itiyadı, jeofaji.
2. toprak yeme alışkanlığ.
Tanımlar :
1. the eating of earthy substances, such as clay or chalk, practiced among various peoples as a custom or for dietary or subsistence reasons.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the act or practice of eating earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc. see dirt-eating. also geophagism.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.