phago-, phag-, -phage, -phagi, -phagic, -phagically, -phagia, -phagism, -phagist, -phagic, -phagous, -phagy +
(Greek: eat, eating; to consume, to ingest; relationship to eating or consumption by ingestion or engulfing)
osteophagous, ostephagia, osteophage, osteophagy
Eating bones, which is a perverted appetite seen in cattle suffering from mineral (phosphorus or calcium) deficiency.
ostreophagist
Someone, or something, which eats oysters.
ostreophagous, ostrephagous, ostreophagy
The consumption or eating of oysters.
pagophagia
1. A form of pica characterized by the deliberate eating of large quantities of ice. The condition may be associated with iron-deficiency anemia.
2. A compulsive eating of ice.
3. A folk remedy suggesting the eating of a bowl of ice each day to offset iron deficiency.
pagophagia, pagophagous, pagophagy
The ingestion of extraordinary quantities of ice [frost], often related to a lack of iron in the blood.
pantophagist
Someone who eats just about everything.
pantophagous, pantophagy
Eating or requiring a variety of foods; eating both animal and vegetable matter; also omnivorous.
periesophageal
Surrounding the esophagus.
phagedena, phagedaena (British)
A rapidly spreading ulceration.
phagedenic
Relating to phagedena.
phagelysis
The destructive or solvent action of phage [bacteriophage].
phagocyte
1. Any cell capable of ingesting particulate matter.
2. A cell that ingests foreign particles; such as, microorganisms, by phagocytosis.
phagocytic
A reference to phagocytes or to their functions.
phagocytize
To be ingested and usually destroyed by phagocytosis.
phagocytosis
The engulfing and ingesting of foreign particles or waste matter by phagocytes.
Related "eat, eating" word units:
brycho-;
esculent-;
esophago-;
glutto-;
vor-.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment":
alimento-;
broma-;
carno-;
cibo-;
esculent-;
sitio-;
tropho-;
Eating Crawling Snacks;
Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets";
Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters;
Eating: Omnivorous.
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