(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:29:49

Chthon`o*pha"gi*a (?), Chtho*noph"a*gy (?), n. [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.

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