pagophagia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The pathological consumption of ice, a manifestation of pica, often resulting from iron or nutritional deficiencies.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Compulsive consumption of ice (or pagophagia), for example, is often associated with iron deficiency."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos, “ice”) + -phagia.