Usually means: Excessive hunger or increased appetite.
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▸ noun:  An excessive appetite for food
▸ noun:  (zoology) The eating of many different types of food

Similar:
hyperphagia, megaphagia, hyperphagy, amylophagia, tachyphagia, polydipsia, amylophagy, phagomania, polydypsia, hypernutrition, more...

Opposite:
anorexia, loss of appetite, inappetence

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Similar:
hyperphagia, megaphagia, hyperphagy, amylophagia, tachyphagia, polydipsia, amylophagy, phagomania, polydypsia, hypernutrition, more...

Opposite:
anorexia, loss of appetite, inappetence



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