n, pl  -gies  :  a practice of eating earthy substances (as clay) among primitive or economically depressed peoples to augment a scanty or mineral-deficient diet - called also earth eating  - compare PICA  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ge·o·pha·gia 
 
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