pica

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Noun — A condition in which a person craves and eats things that are not food, such as chalk, dirt, or ice.

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Borrowed from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”). Doublet of pie (“magpie”). * (pathology): From the idea that magpies will eat almost anything.

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