Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mucophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mu-cophagy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The consumption of mucus.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dr. Bischinger describes mucophagy—the act of eating one's own extracted mucus—as “making great sense medically and a perfectly natural thing to do.""

Etymology

From muco- + -phagy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: muco
Suffix: phagy

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mucophagia (alternative)

Questions

What does mucophagy mean?: The consumption of mucus.
Where does mucophagy come from?: From muco- + -phagy.

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