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pica
Compulsive consumption of clay, associated with iron-deficiency anemia. Compulsive consumption of ice & other non-nutritive substances is also referred to as pica.
Specific
geophagia
pagophagia
General
sign/symptom
References
Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed),
WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 575