Pagophagy
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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]
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- ^ "Understanding Anemia", by Ed Uthman, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1998, ISBN 1578060397, p. 40