Taber's Medical Dictionary
geophagia, geophagism, geophagy
(jē-ō-fā′jē-ă )
(-ŏf′ă-jĭzm )
(-ŏf′ă-jē )
[″ + phagein, to eat]
A condition in which the patient eats inedible substances such as chalk, clay, or earth.
SEE: pica
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Geophagia, Geophagism, Geophagy." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730353/all/geophagia__geophagism__geophagy.
Geophagia, geophagism, geophagy. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730353/all/geophagia__geophagism__geophagy. Accessed August 14, 2026.
Geophagia, geophagism, geophagy. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730353/all/geophagia__geophagism__geophagy
Geophagia, Geophagism, Geophagy [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 August 14]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730353/all/geophagia__geophagism__geophagy.
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