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chthonophagia

CIDE DICTIONARY

chthonophagian. [NL. chthonophagia; Gr. , , earth + to eat.].
     A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.  [1913 Webster]

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