pica disease
MONDO:0001441Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pica disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An eating disorder characterized by the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances such as clay or soil; this behavior must be inappropriate to the level of the individual's development.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001441), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: pica disease
- Also called
- PicaPica eating disorder