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Meaning of "geophagist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GEOPHAGIST

geophagist  [dʒɪˈɒfədʒɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEOPHAGIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geophagist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GEOPHAGIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

geophagist

Geophagy

Geophagy is the practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk. It occurs in non-human animals where it may be a normal or abnormal behaviour, and also in humans, most often in rural or preindustrial societies among children and pregnant women. Human geophagy may be related to pica, a classified eating disorder in the DSM-IV characterized by abnormal cravings for nonfood items.

Definition of geophagist in the English dictionary

The definition of geophagist in the dictionary is a person who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEOPHAGIST


bibliophagist
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfədʒɪst
biologist
baɪˈɒlədʒɪst
cardiologist
ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪst
coprophagist
kɒˈprɒfədʒɪst
dermatologist
ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst
geologist
dʒɪˈɒlədʒɪst
hippophagist
hɪˈpɒfədʒɪst
ichthyophagist
ˌɪkθɪˈɒfədʒɪst
meteorologist
ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪst
mycophagist
maɪˈkɒfədʒɪst
neurologist
njʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst
oncologist
ɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst
onychophagist
ˌɒnɪˈkɒfədʒɪst
ophthalmologist
ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪst
pantophagist
pænˈtɒfədʒɪst
pathologist
pəˈθɒlədʒɪst
philologist
fɪˈlɒlədʒɪst
psychologist
saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst
technologist
tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst
urologist
jʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEOPHAGIST

geophagia
geophagism
geophagous
geophagy
geophilic
geophilous
geophone
geophysical
geophysically
geophysicist
geophysics
geophyte
geophytic
geopolitical
geopolitically
geopolitician
geopolitics
geoponic
geoponical
geoponics

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEOPHAGIST

agist
anthropologist
archaeologist
assemblagist
child psychologist
collagist
diabetologist
garagist
gastroenterologist
gist
imagist
massagist
neonatologist
neuropsychologist
otolaryngologist
paysagist
sociologist
strategist
suffragist
toxicologist

Synonyms and antonyms of geophagist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geophagist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEOPHAGIST

Find out the translation of geophagist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of geophagist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geophagist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

geophagist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geophagist
570 millions of speakers

English

geophagist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geophagist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

آكل التراب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

geophagist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geophagist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

geophagist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

geophagist
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geofagist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geophagist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

geophagist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geophagist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geophagist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geophagist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geophagist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्योफिजिस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geophagist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geophagist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geophagist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

geophagist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geophagist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

geophagist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geophagist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geophagist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geophagist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geophagist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOPHAGIST»

The term «geophagist» is used very little and occupies the 165.511 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOPHAGIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «geophagist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «geophagist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geophagist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOPHAGIST»

Discover the use of geophagist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geophagist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural ...
Such a physiological explanation for geophagy is an attractive hypothesis, and certainly soils have the potential to supply mineral nutrients to the geophagist. Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the stomach and is a major component of gastric  ...
Olle Selinus, B. J. Alloway, 2005
2
Geophagical customs
He mentions, however, it may be remarked in passing, a Negress who was a geophagist on her arrival from Africa. From Dons's material, which refers chiefly to St. John but is also valid for St. Thomas, it emerges that both children and adults ...
Bengt Anell, Sture Lagercrantz, 1958
3
Inverted Medical Dictionary, Second Edition
geophagism geophagy geophagist individual involved earthworm lumbricus earthworm-like lumbricoid eating animal food carnivorous zoophagous eating aversion apocleisis eating in excess polyphagia bulimia hyperphagia binge eating ...
Bruce C. Carlstedt, Mary J. Stanaszek, Walter F. Stanaszek, 1991
4
P & G Pharmacy Handbook
... otodynia otoneuralgia eardrum tympanic membrane eardrum Infection mycomyringitis myringomycosis earth eating geophagia geophagism geophagy ear deformity • equilibrium 57 geophagist individual involved earthworm lumbricus ...
Dennis Worthen, 2001
5
Consuming the Inedible: Neglected Dimensions of Food Choice
... 164, 197-98, 201-202 genetic, 84-85 drift, 33 engineering, 59-60 modification, see genetically modified genetically modified, genetic modification, GM, GMO, 6, 53-54, 59-61, 63, 65 geophagia, geophagy, geophagic(s), geophagist(s), xi, 1-3,  ...
Jeremy M. MacClancy, C. J. K. Henry, Jeya Henry, 2009
6
Craving Earth: Understanding Pica--the Urge to Eat Clay, ...
Windsor explained his decision to become a geophagist. “I wondered why men were not as healthy as animals. I observed that almost every man had stomach troubles and that the wild animals had good stomachs. I became convinced that ...
Sera L. Young, 2013
7
Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, ...
CLAYEATER, Geophagist. CLAYEATING, Geophagism. CLEANSINGS, Lochis. CLEAHSEEING, Clairvoyance. CLEARWEED, Pilca pumila. CLEAV'AGE, (Sax. oleo]:an, 'to split.') The natural line of separation exhibited by certain substances,  ...
Robley DUNGLISON, 1865
8
Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
... endophagy, Entomophaga, entomophagous, entomophagy, esophagus, eu- ryphagous, exophagus, fuciphagous, galacto- phage, galactophagia, galactophagous, galliph- age, galliphagous, galliphagy, geophagist, geophagous, geophagy, ...
John G. Robertson, 1991
9
Geology and Health : Closing the Gap: Closing the Gap
Nevertheless soils do have the potential to supply mineral nutrients to the geophagist. For example, clays encountering the acidity of the stomach will release elements that they hold by cation exchange, for example, iron oxides will be partially ...
H. Catherine W. Skinner Lecturer in Geology and Geophysics Yale University, Antony R. Berger Lecturer in Geology and Geophysics Yale University, 2003
10
Punch
The geophagist, or earth-eater, exists and, for all I know, grows fat in other parts of the world. Earth is even consumed inadvertently and in a minor degree by English footballers on a muddy day, and who shallsay it is not their geopbagous  ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1927

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