mucophagy

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

muco- +‎ -phagy

Noun[edit]

mucophagy (uncountable)

  1. The consumption of mucus.
    • 2011, Karl Shaw, 10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse, page 19:
      Dr. Bischinger describes mucophagy—the act of eating one's own extracted mucus—as “making great sense medically and a perfectly natural thing to do."
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