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Meaning of 异食癖

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shí (Trad.: 異食癖)
pica (medicine)
Example Sentences
1
People diagnosed with Pica have an insatiable urge to eat non-food substances like dirt, paper, glue and clay.
2
According to doctors, the toxic compulsion is a rare medical condition, PICA, which causes an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive.
3
Some women believe that pica is normal, or are encouraged to eat substances like clay by well-meaning friends and family members.
4
Deficiency of trace minerals will result in licking the wall, chewing the soil, biting the things, anemia, skin disease and lower immunity.
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In the diet, it is necessary to give children pica eating fish, shrimp , lean meat , such as high-protein food and the hard shell of zinc, iron-rich food.