💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cecotrophy"
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| Word | Definition |
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| cecotrophnoun | Alternative form of caecotroph. [(biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.] |
| caecotropenoun | Alternative spelling of caecotroph. [(biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.] |
| cacotrophianoun | Alternative form of cacotrophy. [(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.] |
| cacotrophynoun | (medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. |
| lecitotrophynoun | Misspelling of lecithotrophy. [A form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg.] |
| coprophagianoun | Alternative form of coprophagy. [The act or an instance of eating feces.] |
| zoöphagynoun | Alternative form of zoophagy. [(rare) The feeding on animals.] |
| ceratophagynoun | Alternative form of keratophagy. [The condition of being keratophagous] |
| mycetophagynoun | Alternative form of mycophagy. [(biology) The eating of fungus.] |
| oxalotrophynoun | (biology) feeding (obtaining nourishment) on oxalates or oxalic acid |
| aphagynoun | (medicine, zoology) Inability to feed due to anatomical deficiencies. |
| creophagynoun | Alternative spelling of kreophagy. [Flesh-eating; meat-eating.] |
| chthonophagynoun | (pathology) Alternative form of chthonophagia. [(pathology) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.] |
| cacochymynoun | Alternative form of cacochymia. [(medicine, obsolete) A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.] |
| mucophagianoun | Alternative form of mucophagy. [The consumption of mucus.] |
| lecithotrophynoun | A form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg. |
| nectivorynoun | Alternative form of nectarivory. [(zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal.] |
| copraemianoun | Alternative form of copræmia. [(medicine) A condition caused by retention of faecal matter and its absorption into the blood.] |
| ankylostomiasisnoun | Alternative spelling of ancylostomiasis. [Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.] |
| lithopaedionnoun | Alternative form of lithopedion. [(medicine) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.] |
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