MONOPHAGY

PRONUNCIATION: (muh-NAH-fuh-jee)

MEANING: noun: 1. The eating of only one kind of food.
2. The act of eating alone.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mono- (one) + -phagy (eating). Earliest documented use: 1625.
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NONOPHAGY - suffering from very many dietary restrictions

C'MONOPHAGY - refusal to sit down to a meal unless coaxed

SONOPHAGY - obtaining an ultrasound image of the body by having the patient eat the transducer