1.食土,食土癖
1.the eating of soil, clay, or chalk
1.It may also explain why geophagy is often most common among pregnant women and nursing mothers.
这也或可解释吃土习惯为何在孕妇和哺乳的母亲身上通常最为常见。
2.The fact that the eating of soil is also widespread in the animal kingdom suggests that geophagy may even be a natural process.
吃土在动物界也相当普遍，显示吃土甚至可能是种自然现象。
3.Yet, geophagy is actually a relatively common practice in many parts of the world.
然而，在世界上许多地方，吃泥土其实是一种相当普遍的做法。
4.To get rid of livestock 's disease of paralysis , cartilage and also can prevent pig and chicken's geophagy .
防避畜禽软骨症、瘫痪症、以及防止猪、鸡的异食癖症；
5.Unfortunately, geophagy is also practiced to avoid hunger pains when other food is scarce.
遗憾的是，当其他食物缺乏时，食土辟人士为了避免饥饿之痛苦就习惯于食土的陋习。