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Definition of Phagy

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Anthropophagy
Anthropophagy An`thro*poph"a*gy, n. [Gr. ?.] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Chthonophagy
Chthonophagia Chthon`o*pha"gi*a, Chthonophagy Chtho*noph"a*gy, n. [NL. chthonophagia; Gr. ?, ?, earth + ? to eat.] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.
Dysphagy
Dysphagia Dys*pha"gi*a, Dysphagy Dys"pha*gy, n. [NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. ? ill, hard + ? to eat.] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing.
Hippophagy
Hippophagy Hip*poph"a*gy, n. [Cf. F. hippophagie.] The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
Pantophagy
Pantophagy Pan*toph"a*gy, n. [Gr. ?.] The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.
Phytophagy
Phytophagy Phy*toph"a*gy, n. The eating of plants.
Polyphagy
Polyphagy Po*lyph""a*gy, n. The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
Sarcophagy
Sarcophagy Sar*coph"a*gy, n. [Gr. sarkofagi`a. See Sarcophagus.] The practice of eating flesh.
Symbiotes or Dermatophagys bovis
Mange Mange, n. [See Mangy.] (Vet.) The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts. Mange insect (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle. horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The mange insect of the horse (Psoroptes, or Dermatodectes, equi), and that of cattle (Symbiotes, or Dermatophagys, bovis) are the most important species. See Acarina.
Xerophagy
Xerophagy Xe*roph"a*gy, n. [L. xerophagia, Gr. ?; ? dry + ? to eat.] Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.

Meaning of Phagy from wikipedia

- -vory, or -vorous from Latin vorare, meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Gr**** φαγεῖν (phagein), meaning "to eat". The evolution...
- ancient Gr**** θρίξ, thrix ("hair") and φαγεῖν, phagein ("to eat"). Tricho-phagy refers only to the chewing of hair, whereas tricho-phagia is ingestion of...
- part of the word Gr**** φαγιστής (phagistḗs) eater; see -phagia Lotophagi -phagy Forms nouns that denotes 'feeding on' the first element or part of the word...
- "to give, grant, bestow") éphagon "I ate, devoured (took my share)" > -phagy, (o)esophagus bhakṣá- "food, drink, delight"; bhájati "to distribute, divide...
- phagocyte, phagocytosis, phagolysosome, phagophilia, phagophobia, phagosome, phagy, polyphagia, pseudodysphagia, sarcophagus phalang- close formation of troops...
- phagocyte, phagocytosis, phagolysosome, phagophilia, phagophobia, phagosome, phagy, polyphagia, pseudodysphagia, sarcophagus phalang- close formation of troops...
- society. Matriphagy can be broken down into two components: matri- (mother) -phagy (to feed on) Matriphagy generally consists of offspring consuming their...
- 2006). "The BAR domain proteins: molding membranes in fission, fusion, and phagy". Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 70 (1): 37–120. doi:10.1128/MMBR.70.1.37-120.2006...
- description, -kinesis motion, -logy study, -mancy divination, -onym name, -phagy eating, -phony sound, -therapy healing, -tomy cutting. They are generally...
- and autophagy pathways, as well as a quality control pathway known as ER-phagy in the endoplasmic reticulum. Ferro-Novick was a graduate student at the...