Interesting how google rules the world. I've always heard of this as Pica, the craving of dirt and other non-nutritive items. Eating "dirt" specifically is geophagy, which spellcheck doesn't even think of as a word. But what is "dirt" that term is pretty meaningless.
You may have a deficiency in iron or other important mineral.
Is it normal to like eating dirt?
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Interesting how google rules the world. I've always heard of this as Pica, the craving of dirt and other non-nutritive items. Eating "dirt" specifically is geophagy, which spellcheck doesn't even think of as a word. But what is "dirt" that term is pretty meaningless.
You may have a deficiency in iron or other important mineral.