mucophagy

English

Alternative forms

• mucophagia

Etymology

muco- +‎ -phagy

Noun

mucophagy (uncountable)

1. The consumption of mucus.
   • 2011, Karl Shaw, 10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse, page 19:

     Dr. Bischinger describes mucophagy—the act of eating one's own extracted mucus—as “making great sense medically and a perfectly natural thing to do."