geophagism

基本解釋

To get rid of livestock's disease of paralysis, cartilage and also can prevent pig and chicken's geophagy.
防避畜禽軟骨癥、癱瘓癥、以及防止豬、雞的異食癖癥;
It may also explain why geophagy is often most common among pregnant women and nursing mothers.
這也或可解釋吃土習慣為何在孕婦和哺乳的母親身上通常最為常見。
Unfortunately, geophagy is also practiced to avoid hunger pains when other food is scarce.
遺憾的是，一旦其他食物缺乏，人們也吃土以避免挨餓之苦。
Geophagy also has a long history in the U.S., where some eat clay and ship packages of it to relatives far from home.
吃土的做法在美國也歷史悠久，有些人會吃土，還寄一包包泥土給客居他鄉(xiāng)的親人。
Yet, geophagy is actually relatively common practice in many parts of the world.
對，食土辟實際上在世界各地相對來講是較為普遍的。