Friday, 21 August 2015

(suffix)(feeding and eating )phagy

allotriophagy   craving for strange foods.
androphagy      cannibalism
anthropophaginian       cannibal
autocoprophagy  eating one's own feces
autophagy       feeding on body's own tissues
autocoprophagy  eating one's own feces
autophagy       feeding on body's own tissues
endophagy       cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within
exophagy        cannibalism outside one's own group
geophagy        practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating
glossophagine   eating using the tongue
hippophagy      feeding on horses..
omophagy        eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance.
paedophage      eater of children.
pantophagy      omnivorousness
placentophagy   eating of the placenta
poltophagy      prolonged chewing of food
psomophagy      swallowing food without thorough chewing
rhypophagy      eating filth
theophagy       sacramental consumption of a god
xerophagy       eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter
zoophagy        eating animals.
onychophagy     The habit of biting one's fingernails.
allotriophagy   craving for strange foods.
androphagy      cannibalism.
autocoprophagy  eating one's own feces.
autophagy       feeding on body's own tissues.
endophagy       cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within.
exophagy        cannibalism outside one's own group .
geophagy        practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating.
hippophagy      feeding on horses.
omophagy        eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance.
pantophagy      omnivorousness.
placentophagy   eating of the placenta.
poltophagy      prolonged chewing of food.
psomophagy      swallowing food without thorough chewing..
rhypophagy      eating filth..
theophagy       sacramental consumption of a god..
xerophagy       eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter..
zoophagy        eating animals.
acreophagy      Eating no meat
adelphophagy    The consumption of one embryo by another in utero
aerosialophagy  Constant swallowing, thus taking saliva and air into the stomach
autophagy       Self-cannibalism
embryophagy     The act of one embryo cannabalising for food in utero
exophagy        Cannibalism outside the tribe or family
hematophagy     Subsisting on the blood of another animal
heterophagy     Digestion within a cell of an exogenous substance
phagocytosed from the cell's environment
leukocytophagy  The phagocytosis of leukocytes by cells of the
monocyte-macrophage system
mycophagy       The eating of fungi; especially, mushrooms
neustophagy     Eating organisms living in the surface film of water
oligophagy      The eating of only a few specific foods
opiophagy       The consumption of opiates by mouth
opsophagy       The eating of delicacies
poltophagy      Thourough chewing of food
skatophagy      Varient spelling of scatophagy: the eating of dung
tecnophagy      The eating of one's children
theophagy       The practice of eating the body of a god
thermophagy     The eating of very hot food

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