coprophagia, n.
(kɒprəˈfeɪdʒ(ɪ)ə)
[mod.L., f. copro- + Gr. -ϕαγία -phagy.]
= coprophagy.
| 1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 58 Coprophagia is not uncommon among the insane. 1944 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. XCIX. 959 Among demented patients in advanced stages of their illness,..it is not rare to see some of them grasp their own feces, chew them and eat them often with great pleasure and satisfaction (coprophagia). 1977 E. J. Trimmer et al. Visual Dict. Sex (1978) xix. 197 Some people will actually consume and swallow the feces of a sexually-revered person, a practice called coprophagia. |