Medical Dictionary
cannibalism
noun can·ni·bal·ism \-bə-ˌliz-əm\
Medical Definition of CANNIBALISM
1
: the usually ritualistic eating of human flesh by a human being
2
: the eating of the flesh or the eggs of any animal by its own kind
3
: the pecking and tearing of the live flesh of its own members in a domestic poultry flock—compare pecking order
4
: oral sadism
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