dirt-eating

dirt-eating
SYN: geophagia.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Dirt eating — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dirt-eating — dirtˈ eating noun 1. A practice of eating clay as among various primitive peoples 2. A morbid impulse to eat dirt • • • Main Entry: ↑dirt …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dirt — (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dirt bed — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dirt pie — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Eating crow — on a Wager Artist: Thomas Worth Currier Ives (1883) Eating crow is a U.S. colloquial idiom,[1] meaning humiliation by admitting wrongness …   Wikipedia

  • Dirt — A dirty baking plate This article is about unclean matter. For other uses, see Dirt (disambiguation). Dirty redirects here. For other uses, see Dirty (disambiguation). Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person s clothes,… …   Wikipedia

  • dirt pill — n. A pill containing several strains of bacteria designed to stimulate the immune systems of allergic or asthmatic children. Example Citations: Growing up in rural 1950s Ontario, we ate dirt. Most of us were poor, but all of us had food of some… …   New words

  • To eat dirt — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Selective eating disorder — (SED) (also known as picky or fussy eating, or perseverative feeding disorder) is an eating disorder that prevents the consumption of certain foods. It is often viewed as a phase of childhood that is generally overcome with age. Children may not… …   Wikipedia

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