词汇 | pica |
释义 | pica noun[ U ] psychology specializeduk /ˈpaɪ.kə/ us /ˈpaɪ.kə/ a condition that makes a person or an animal want to eat things that are not food, for example paper or soap, in a way that is not normal: Pica is a compulsive tendency to eat substances other than normal food. Some children have eating problems such as food refusal, selective eating, pica, and overeating. For years before her paper pica appeared, the patient recalled eating a special type of mud which contained a distinctive smell. Geophagia is commonly called clay-eating pica. Pica in dogs may be a sign of immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia. Mental illnesses ad adjustment disorder age-associated memory impairment anhedonia anorectic exhibitionistic exhibitionistically false memory firebug generalized anxiety disorder manic depression melancholia mental handicap neurotic postpartum depression postpartum psychosis PPD progressive simultanagnosia psychopathy schizophrenic |
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