Which medical term means excessive eating?
A) polyphagia
B) tachyphagia
C) dysphagia
D) polypepsia
A
Explanation: Poly- means excessive and -phagia means eat or swallow; therefore, polyphagia means excessive eating. Tachy- means fast, so tachyphagia would be fast eating. Dys- means difficult, so dysphagia would be difficulty eating (or swallowing). -pepsia means digestion, so polypepsia would be excessive digestion.
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