allotriophagy

noun

al·​lot·​ri·​oph·​a·​gy

əˌlä‧trēˈäfəjē

variants or less commonly allotriophagia

-ə¦fāj(ē)ə

plural allotriophagies also allotriophagias

medicine

: pica

Word History

Etymology

allotriophagy from German allotriophagie, from Greek allotrio- + German -phagie -phagy; allotriophagia, New Latin, from German allotriophagie

First Known Use

circa 1845, in the meaning defined above

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