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Hyalophagia, or hyalophagy, is the eating of glass, primarily as a pathological disorder. Highly dangerous to most humans, it is considered a form of pica. Hyalophagia forms a part of some circus acts.

The word comes from Greek hyalos = glass + phagein = to eat.

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