"polyphagia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: polyphagias [plural]
Etymology: From poly- + -phagia, from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) and ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon, “eat”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|poly-|-phagia}} poly- + -phagia, {{der|en|grc|πολῠ́ς||many}} Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} polyphagia (usually uncountable, plural polyphagias)
  1. An excessive appetite for food Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: hyperphagia Translations (excessive appetite): ylensyöminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-polyphagia-en-noun-qPyfQPMS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -phagia, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phagia: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'excessive appetite': 99 1
  2. (zoology) The eating of many different types of food Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (zoology: eating of many different types of food): moniruokaisuus (Finnish), polyfagia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-polyphagia-en-noun-tw7TUwpA Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 43 57 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'zoology: eating of many different types of food': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polyphagic

Inflected forms

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