Didn't Eat Your Words sate your appetite? Still hungry? Then here is another all-consuming list of eating words.
This time, the words all contain the affix phag, phage, phago or phagous, etc. from the Greek phagein, meaning to eat.
(bon appétit)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
~ A ~ | |
| acreophagy | Eating no meat |
| acridophage | Eater of grasshoppers |
| actinophage | A virus that causes the decomposition of actinomycetes |
| adelphophagy | The consumption of one embryo by another in utero |
| adephagous | Gluttonous |
| aerophagia | Excessive swallowing of air |
| aerosialophagy | Constant swallowing, thus taking saliva and air into the stomach |
| algophagous | Feeding on algae |
| alliaphage | Eater of garlic |
| allotriophagia | A morbid impulse to eat unnatural foodstuffs |
| androphagous | The eating of a man (as opposed to a woman) |
| anthophagous | Feeding on flowers |
| anthropophagist | One who eats human flesh;a cannibal |
| aphagia | The inability or refusal to eat or swallow |
| aphagopraxia | The loss of the ability to swallow |
| aphagosis | Inability to eat |
| arachnophagous | Feeding on spiders |
| araneophage | Eater of spiders |
| argilliophagist | One who eats white clay |
| autocoprophage | An organism that consumes its own feces |
| autologophagist | One who eats their own words |
| autophagi | Birds that are able to run around and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched |
| autophagy | Self-cannibalism |
~ B ~ | |
| bacteriophage | Eater of bacteria |
| batrachophagous | Feeding on frogs |
| bibliophage | Eater of books; a bookworm |
| biophagous | Feeding on living organisms; a reference to certain parasites |
| bradyphagia | Abnormal slowness when eating |
~ C ~ | |
| carcinophagous | Feeding on crabs |
| carpophage | Eater of fruit |
| cerophage | Eater of wax |
| cheilophagia | Excessive biting of the lips |
| chthonophagia | Eating earth |
| coniophage | Eater of dust |
| coprophagous | Feeding on excrement |
| creophage | Eating of meat |
| cytophagocytosis | The ingestion of cells by phagocytes |
~ D ~ | |
| dendrophage | Eater of trees |
| detriophage | Eater of detritus |
| dysphagia | Difficulty in swallowing |
~ E ~ | |
| ectoophage | An insect larva that hatches from an egg deposited on or near a host egg that it then eats |
| ectophage | Eater of the outside of a food source |
| embryophagy | The act of one embryo cannabalising for food in utero |
| endoophage | An insect larva that hatches from an egg deposited within a host egg that it then eats |
| endophage | Eater from within the food source |
| esophagous | The tube that carries food, liquids and saliva from the mouth to the stomach |
| entomophage | Eater of insects |
| erythrophage | A phagocyte that ingests erythrocytes |
| euphagia | A normal and proper manner of eating |
| euryphage | Eater of a wide variety of foods |
| exophagy | Cannibalism outside the tribe or family |
~ F ~ | |
| formiphagia | Feeding on ants |
| fuciphage | Eater of seaweed |
~ G ~ | |
| galactophage | Eater of milk |
| galliphage | Eater of galls |
| geophage | Eater of soil |
| glossophagine | Using the tongue while eating |
~ H ~ | |
| haliphagia | The ingestion of an abnormally large amount of salts |
| harpactophagous | Feeding by preying on other animals; predatory, used especially with reference to insects |
| hematophagy | Subsisting on the blood of another animal |
| heterophagous | Feeding on a wide variety of food items |
| heterophagy | Digestion within a cell of an exogenous substance phagocytosed from the cell's environment |
| hippophagism | The eating of horsemeat |
| histophagous | Eating or subsisting on tissues |
| hyalophagia | The eating of glass |
| hylophage | Eater of wood |
| hyperphagia | Abnormally increased appetite for and consumtionof food |
~ I ~ | |
| ichthyophage | Eater of fish |
| isophagous | Used of predators or or parasites which are selective with regard to food but not necessarily bound by that choice |
~ J ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ K ~ | |
| kreatophagia | The eating of raw meat |
~ L ~ | |
| lactiphagous | Consuming a diet composed entirely of milk |
| larviphagic | Feeding on larvae |
| leukocytophagy | The phagocytosis of leukocytes by cells of the monocyte-macrophage system |
| leukophagocytosis | The ingestion of leukocytes by phagocytes |
| lignophagic | Feeding on wood |
| limophage | Eater of mud |
| lipophage | Eater of fat |
| lithophagia | The consumption of stones |
| logophag | One who eats their own words |
| lymphagogue | An agent that increase the formation and flow of lymph |
~ M ~ | |
| macrophagous | Feeding on relatively large food particles or prey |
| macrophytophagous | feeding on higher plant material only |
| mallophagous | Feeding on wool |
| meconophagist | Consumer of opium or heroin |
| megaaesophagus | Failure of the esophagogastric sphincter to relax when swallowing |
| meliphage | Eater of honey |
| microphagous | Feeding on relatively minute particles or on very small prey |
| monophagous | Feeding on one kind of food only |
| mycetophage | Eater of fungi |
| mycophagy | The eating of fungi; especially, mushrooms |
| myrmecophage | Eater of ants |
~ N ~ | |
| necrophage | Eater of dead or decaying flesh |
| necrophytophage | Eater of dead plant materials |
| nekrophytophage | Eater of dead plant materials |
| nematophage | Eater of nematodes |
| neuronophagia | The destruction of nerve cells by phagocytes |
| neustophagy | Eating organisms living in the surface film of water |
~ O ~ | |
| odynophagia | Pain on swallowing foods and fluid |
| oligophagy | The eating of only a few specific foods |
| omophagous | Feeding on raw food, especially raw flesh |
| onychophagia | The habit of biting one's fingernails |
| oophagous | Feeding on eggs |
| ophiophagous | Feeding on snakes |
| opiophagy | The consumption of opiates by mouth |
| opsophagy | The eating of delicacies |
| osteophagous | Feeding on bones |
| ostreophage | Eater of oysters |
~ P ~ | |
| pagophagia | The compulsive eating of ice |
| pantophagist | One who eats just about anything |
| periesophageal | Of, relating to, occurr in, or being the tissues surrounding the esophagus |
| phagocyte | Any cell capable of ingesting particulate matter |
| phagodynamometer | An apparatus for measuring the force exerted in chewing food |
| phagology | The study of eating |
| phagolysis | The destruction of phagocytes |
| phagomania | A compulsive desire to eat |
| phagophobia | An irrational fear of eating or swallowing |
| phagotherapy | The treatment of an illness with specific kinds of food |
| phagotroph | An organism that ingests nutrients by phagocytosis |
| phagozoite | An animal that feeds on dead or disintegrating tissue |
| phthirophagous | Feeding on lice |
| phycophagous | Feeding on seaweed |
| phayllophage | Eater of leaves |
| phytophage | Eater of plant material |
| pleophagous | Feeding on a variety of foods |
| pneumophagia | Excessive swallowing of air; aerophagia |
| pollenophage | Eater of pollen |
| poltophagy | Thourough chewing of food |
| polyphagia | Excessive eating |
| presbyesophagus | Abnormal esophageal motor function related to aging |
| protozoophage | A phagocyte that injests protozoa |
| psomophagia | The practice of swallowing food without thorough mastication |
~ Q ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ R ~ | |
| rhizophagous | Feeding on roots |
| rhypophagous | Feeding on filth, excrement, putrid matter or refuse |
~ S ~ | |
| saprophage | Eater of decaying organic matter |
| sarcophagous | Feeding on flesh |
| Saurophaganax | "Lizard-eating master", a genus of allosaurid dinosaur |
| saurophagous | Feeding on lizards |
| scatophagous | Feeding on dung |
| scolecophagous | Feeding on worms |
| sialoaerophagia | The swallowing of saliva and air |
| sialophagia | Excessive swallowing of saliva |
| siderophage | A macrophage laden with phagocytosed iron-containing particles |
| skatophagy | Varient spelling of scatophagy: the eating of dung |
| stenophagous | Feeding on a single kind or limited variety of food |
| sycophagous | Feeding on figs |
~ T ~ | |
| tachyphagia | Rapid eating; bolting of food |
| tecnophagy | The eating of one's children |
| theophagy | The practice of eating the body of a god |
| thermophagy | The eating of very hot food |
| trichophagia | The compulsive eating of hair |
~ U ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ V ~ | |
| vermiphagia | Eating worms |
~ W ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ X ~ | |
| xerophagia | The eating of dry food |
| xylophage | Eater of wood |
~ Y ~ | |
(None known) | |
~ Z ~ | |
| zoophagous | Feeding on animals |
| zoosaprophagous | Feeding on decaying animal matter |
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