xerophagy

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف xerophagy في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline

A diet of bread and water

{i} fast which includes the eating of dry foods only

Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts

الواصلة

xe·roph·a·gy

المترادفات

hunger strike, keeping fast, lenten fast, strict fast, without food, xerophagia

علم أصول الكلمات

() From Ancient Greek ξηροφαγία. Compare xero-, -phagy.