Earth:Pagophagy

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Short description: Eating of ice

Pagophagy or pagophagia is eating of ice.

The term has the two major usages:

  • pagophagia : an eating disorder, a particular case of pica
  • normal feeding behavior of some animals

The pagophagic disorder is among the unexplained clinical signs of iron deficiency anemia.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Understanding Anemia", by Ed Uthman, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1998, ISBN:1578060397, p. 40