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cachexia Africana

Noun
obsolete uncountable
Japanese Meaning
土を食べようとする病的な衝動 / 異常な土摂取の衝動
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古い医学書では、患者が抑えがたい欲求で土を食べるとき、医師が土を食べたいという病的な衝動と診断することがあった。

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(obsolete) A morbid impulse to eat dirt.

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cachexia Africana

In old medical texts, physicians sometimes diagnosed cachexia Africana when patients exhibited an uncontrollable desire to eat dirt.

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In old medical texts, physicians sometimes diagnosed cachexia Africana when patients exhibited an uncontrollable desire to eat dirt.

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