chthonophagy

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A form of chthonophagia — A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.

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Meanings

nounchthonophagy (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountablemedicineAlternative form of chthonophagia.

    quoted in 1918, Carolyn Wells, Such Nonsense! An anthology What mad chthonophagy bids slave and chief / Through endless cycles bite the earth like beef, / By turns each cannibal and each the meal?

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

chthonophagy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chthonophagy

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“chthonophagy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chthonophagy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chthonophagy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chthonophagy.

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