Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
coprophagy Audio
cop·roph·a·gy [ kuh-prof-uh-gee ]
Subclass of:
Feeding behaviors
Definitions related to coprophagia:
  • Eating of excrement by animal species.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Eating of filth or feces.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • The deliberate ingestion of feces. It is considered a form of pica.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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