Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The eating of the placenta: practised in certaiu parts of the Sudan.
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- noun rare The
feeding onplacenta
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ingesting the placenta is called placentophagy and though it's widely accepted around the world here in the United States it's gotten great skepticism.
CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports 2009
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Ingesting the placenta is called placentophagy and though it's widely accepted around the world here in the United States it's gotten great skepticism.
CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports 2009
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The thought of eating a human placenta may not immediately appeal to some readers, but the practice of placentophagy has been around about as long as placentas have.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
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"Placenta Helper" was nixed before it saw the light of day, but has lived on in the lore of placentophagy.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
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Other investigators are looking at possible immunological benefits of placentophagy.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Ari LeVaux 2010
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Other investigators are looking at possible immunological benefits of placentophagy.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
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The thought of eating a human placenta may not immediately appeal to some readers, but the practice of placentophagy has been around about as long as placentas have.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
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The thought of eating a human placenta may not immediately appeal to some readers, but the practice of placentophagy has been around about as long as placentas have.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
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While some argue placentophagy is basically an act of cannibalism, many vegans think it's okay to eat one's own placenta, or a friend's placenta, because no animal died for the meat.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
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If there are indeed health benefits to placentophagy it makes sense to spread them out over time, a la placenta pills.
Missoula Independent Ari LeVaux 2010
uselessness commented on the word placentophagy
The devouring of a placenta after childbirth. Discussed here. It really grosses me out!
January 17, 2008