HYPERPHAGIA

PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-FAY-jee-uh)

MEANING: noun: Compulsive overeating.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyper- (over) + -phagia (eating). Earliest documented use: 1941.
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HYPE-PHAGIA - eating up publicity

HOPERPHAGIA - behaving like a Dementor; see also
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate."

HYPNERPHAGIA - a patented remedy for overeating, using aversive hypnotism