ge·oph·a·gy
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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