cachexia Africana

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A morbid impulse to eat dirt. obsolete,uncountable
    — Cachexia Africana referred to blacks' supposed propensity for eating nonfood substances such as clay, chalk, and dirt.

词源

It was encountered among native Africans.
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