Friday, 21 August 2015

(suffix)(feeding and eating)phagia

aphagia         inability to eat or swallow.
chthonophagia   eating dirt.
dysphagia       pathological difficulty in swallowing.
gamophagia      destruction of one gamete by another.
hyperphagia     eating too much.
kreatophagia    eating of raw meat.
pagophagia      eating trays of ice to help offset iron deficiency.
aerophagia      Excessive swallowing of air
allotriophagia  A morbid impulse to eat unnatural foodstuffs
aphagia         The inability or refusal to eat or swallow
bradyphagia     Abnormal slowness when eating
cheilophagia    Excessive biting of the lips
chthonophagia   Eating earth
dysphagia       Difficulty in swallowing
euphagia        A normal and proper manner of eating
formiphagia     Feeding on ants
haliphagia      The ingestion of an abnormally large amount of salts
hyalophagia     The eating of glass
hyperphagia     Abnormally increased appetite for and consumtionof food
kreatophagia    The eating of raw meat
lithophagia     The consumption of stones
neuronophagia   The destruction of nerve cells by phagocytes
odynophagia     Pain on swallowing foods and fluid
onychophagia    The habit of biting one's fingernails
pagophagia      The compulsive eating of ice
pneumophagia    Excessive swallowing of air; aerophagia
polyphagia      Excessive eating
psomophagia     The practice of swallowing food without thorough mastication
sialoaerophagia The swallowing of saliva and air
sialophagia     Excessive swallowing of saliva
tachyphagia     Rapid eating; bolting of food
trichophagia    The compulsive eating of hair
vermiphagia     Eating worms
xerophagia      The eating of dry food

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