Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An excessive or pathological desire to eat.
- n. Zoology The habit of feeding on many different kinds of food.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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Examples
“About the middle of March, 1917, he suddenly developed polyuria, polyphagia, and polydipsia, and lost fourteen pounds in weight in a fortnight.”
“Drake 12.148 reports a curious instance of polyphagia.”
“Any patient treated with atypical antipsychotics should be monitored for symptoms of hyperglycemia including polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, and weakness.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘polyphagia’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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eaters (and eating)
carnivore, detritivore, saprophage, omnivore, herbivore, nectarivore, frugivore, oophagy, durophagy, feeding frenzy, trophallaxis, ruminate and 33 more...
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poly-
many, much
polyandry, polychrome, polychromatic, polyphagia, polydactyly, polymorphous, polymorphocellular
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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