See Also: geophagia(medicine)

Tillamook (iou) and geophagia (medicine)


Tillamook (iou)



Tillamook noun & adjective. . E19.
[Chinook t'ililmuks people of Nehalem; the final -s was taken in English as the pl. ending (Chinook pl. -uks). In sense 3 directly from Tillamook County, NW Oregon.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, same.
A member of a Salish people formerly inhabiting coastal areas of north-west Oregon. E19.
The Salish language of this people. E20.
In full Tillamook cheese. (Proprietary name for) a crumbly, sharp-tasting variety of Cheddar cheese made in Tillamook. Chiefly N. Amer. E20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Tillamooks or their language. M19.

geophagia (medicine)


geophagia


Geophagismgeophagy

The practice of eating dirt or clay.

Synonym: dirt-eating, earth-eating.

Origin: Geo-+ G. Phago, to eat