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geophagy

practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk
MedicalCondition mental_disorder Q1349107
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geophagy

Summary

geophagy is a mental disorder[1]. geophagy draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (mental_disorder category, ranking #27 of 60).[2]

Key Facts

  • geophagy's instance of is recorded as mental disorder[3].
  • geophagy's instance of is recorded as eating disorder[4].
  • geophagy is a type of eating behavior[5].
  • geophagy is a type of pica[6].
  • geophagy's Commons category is recorded as Geophagy[7].
  • geophagy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].

Why It Matters

geophagy draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (mental_disorder category, ranking #27 of 60).[2] geophagy has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] geophagy is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_geophagy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{geophagy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/geophagy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mental disorder, eating disorder
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → eating behavior, pica
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544702405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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