-phagy

-phagy
comb. form the eating of (specified food) (ichthyophagy).
Etymology: Gk -phagia (as -PHAGOUS)

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\\fəjē, -ji\ noun combining form (-es)
Etymology: Greek -phagia, from phagein to eat + -ia -y — more at baksheesh
: eating of a (specified) type or substance — especially in biological and medical terms

anthropophagy

biophagy

cytophagy

geophagy

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a combining form meaning "eating," "devouring" that specified by the initial element, esp. as a practice or habit: allotriophagy; anthropophagy.
Also, -phagia.
[ < Gk -phagia; see -PHAGE, -Y3]

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-phagy /-fə-ji/ combining form
Denoting eating of a specified nature
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Main Entry: ↑phag-

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comb. form denoting the practice of eating a specified food

anthropophagy

Origin:
from Greek -phagia, from phagein ‘eat’

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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