Pagophagy
Pagophagy or pagophagia is eating of ice.
The term has the two major usages:
- pagophagia : an eating disorder, a particular case of pica
- normal feeding behavior of some animals
The pagophagic disorder is among the unexplained clinical signs of iron deficiency anemia.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Understanding Anemia", by Ed Uthman, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1998, ISBN 1578060397, p. 40