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(biology) The aversion to certain foods forming part of a diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness..
The neophilia of thiamine-deficient rats could be a direct consequence of a specific aversion for familiar deficient diet (paleophobia). On the other hand, it is also possible that a true neophilia exists along with the paleophobia.
Use paleophobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paleophobia means (biology) The aversion to certain foods forming part of a diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness..
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The neophilia of thiamine-deficient rats could be a direct consequence of a specific aversion for familiar deficient diet (paleophobia). On the other hand, it is also possible that a true neophilia exists along with the paleophobia.
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