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haematolagnia

/ˌhiː.mə.tə(ʊ)ˈlæɡniə/

haematolagnia noun: the love of blood; an attraction to blood in general, especially sexually.

Noun

haematolagnia (uncountable)

  1. The love of blood; an attraction to blood in general, especially sexually.
    • Of particular interest was the supposed compulsion to kill for blood (to drink). It is thought that such compulsions are linked to a sexual deviation, such as haematophilia or hematolagnia (APA, 2002) or vampirism (Prins, 1985), but Haigh gave no indication of paraphilia of this kind and, indeed...2014, Helen Gavin, Criminological and Forensic Psychology, page 306

Forms of haematolagnia

alternative formhematolagnia

Origin of haematolagnia

From Ancient Greek; equivalent to haemato- + -lagnia.

Questions about haematolagnia

What does haematolagnia mean?
Haematolagnia means the love of blood; an attraction to blood in general, especially sexually.
What part of speech is haematolagnia?
Haematolagnia is a noun.
How do you pronounce haematolagnia?
Haematolagnia is pronounced /ˌhiː.mə.tə(ʊ)ˈlæɡniə/ (UK).

Words near haematolagnia in the dictionary

  1. haematogones
  2. haematohidrosis
  3. haematoid
  4. haematoidin
  5. haematoin
  6. haematolagnia
  7. haematolin
  8. haematologic
  9. haematological
  10. haematologically
  11. haematologist

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