Food and Nutrition

168. Food and Nutrition

See also 76. CHEESE ; 118. DINING ; 272. MILK .

accubation

Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals.

alimentology

Medicine. thescience of nutrition.

allotriophagy

Pathology. a desire for unusual or abnormal foods.

analepsis, analepsy

Obsolete, the nutrition of an emaciated body.

anorexia

lack of appetite, usually because of psychological reasons.

anthropophagism, anthropophagy

the use of human flesh for food. —anthropophagous, adj.

autophagy, autophagia

Medicine. 1. the eating of one’s own body.

2 . the nutrition of the body by its own tissues, as in dieting. —autophagous, adj.

Bantingism, bantingism

a diet of high protein and low fat and carbohydrate, followed in a program to lose weight, named for its developer W. Banting, 19th-century English cabinet-maker.

biophagism

the use of living organisms for food. —biophagery, n. —biophagous, adj.

botulism

a toxic condition caused by a neurotoxin in improperly canned or preserved food.

bromatology

Rare. the science of food.

bromography

a treatise on food.

bulimia, boulimia

a raging hunger or voracious appetite. Cf. hyperorexia . —bulimic, boulimic, bulimiac, boulimiac, adj.

bulimorexia, boulimorexia

alternating gorging of food and vomiting, usually as a result of a psychological disturbance. —bulimorexic, boulimorexic, n., adj.

cibophobia

an abnormal fear of food. Also called sitophobia, sitiophobia.

commensalism

the practice of eating together at the same table. Also commensality . —commensal, n., adj.

coprophagy, coprophagia

feeding on excrement, as certain beetles. —coprophagous, adj.

crapulency, crapulence

excessive indulgence in food or drink.

culinarian

a person skilled in the preparation of food.

cynorexia

a doglike appetite; insatiable desire for food.

dystrophy, dystrophia

poor or inadequate nutrition or growth. See also 122. DISEASE and ILLNESS .

epicureanism

the habit of refined, often luxurious, enjoyment of sensuous pleasures, especially of food. —epicurean, n., adj.

Fletcherism, fletcherism

the practice of eating only when hungry and in small amounts, and especially chewing one’s food thoroughly, recommended as an aid to digestion by Horace Fletcher (1849-1919), American dietitian. —Fletcherite, n. —Fletcherize, v.

fruitarianism

the practice of subsisting chiefly on fruit. Cf. vegetarianism . —fruitarian, n., adj.

gastronomy

the art or science of good eating. —gastronome, gastronomist , n. —gastronomie, adj.

gavage

forced feeding, either of animals or humans, by inserting a tube in the throat and using a force pump.

hippophagism, hippophagy

the eating of horsemeat. —hippophagous, adj.

hyperorexia

an abnormal craving for food; a voracious and insatiable appetite. Cf. bulimia .

magirics

Rare. the science or art of cooking. Also called magirology . —magirist , n.

monophagism, monophagy

the tendency to f eed on a single type of food. —monophagous, adj.

opsomania

a mania for special kinds of food. See also phagomania, sitomania.

pantophagy

the ability to eat any type of food. —pantophagist , n. —pantophagous, adj.

phagology

the study of eating or feeding habits.

phagomania

a mania for food and eating. See also opsomania , sitomania .

phagophobia

an abnormal fear of eating.

polyphagia, polyphagy

1 . a desire for all kinds of food.

2 . Med. excessive or gluttonous consumption of food. —polyphagian, n. —polyphagic, polyphagous, adj.

proteinphobia

a strong aversion to protein foods.

sarcophagy

Rare. the act, practice, or custom of eating flesh. —sarcophagous, adj.

sitomania

an obsession with food. See also phagomania, opsomania .

sitophobia, sitiophobia

cibophobia.

symposiarch

Ancient Greece. the master of a feast or symposium; hence, a person presiding over a banquet or formal discussion.

syssitia

the practice or custom, as among the ancient Spartans and Cretans, of eating the main meal of the day together in public to strengthen social and political bonds.

trichinosis

a form of food-poisoning, caused by infestation by Trichinella spiralis. — trichinous, adj.

trophism

the nourishment of the tissues. —trophic, adj.

trophology

Medicine. the science of nutrition; alimentology.

trophoplasm

the form of protoplasm that constitutes the nutritive element of a cell. —trophoplasmic, —trophoplasmatic, adj.

tsiology

a treatise on tea.

vegetarianism

the practice of subsisting chiefly or strictly on vegetables. —vegetarian, n., adj.

xerophagia, xerophagy

1 . fasting for religious or other purposes.

2 . the act or custom of eating only dry food or a very light diet.

zeism, zeismus

a skin disease, thought to be the result of excessive consumption of corn.

zomotherapy

a treatment for disease or illness consisting of a diet of raw meat.