Arsenicophagy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The eating of arsenic, formerly practiced for supposed health benefits. uncountable

    "M. Ritter adds that in his experiments with men, he never met with the coloring and embonpoint which are said to result from arsenicophagy."

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"M. Ritter adds that in his experiments with men, he never met with the coloring and embonpoint which are said to result from arsenicophagy."

Etymology

From arsenic + -o- + -phagy.

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