Meaning of arsenicophagy | Babel Free

Definitions

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

uncountable

Examples

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

“She took up arsenicophagy, and in just a few months, 'had become stout, rosy-cheeked, and altogether quite to her lover's satisfaction'.”

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