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haematomania

haematomania noun: an overwhelming desire for blood.

Noun

haematomania (uncountable)

  1. An overwhelming desire for blood.
    • Kurten was, moreover, possessed by the rage for blood (hæmatomania); being called the vampire of Dusseldorf[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 118
  2. A craze for blood-letting.

Forms of haematomania

alternative formhæmatomania
alternative formhematomania

Origin of haematomania

From haemato- + -mania.

Questions about haematomania

What does haematomania mean?
Haematomania means an overwhelming desire for blood.
What part of speech is haematomania?
Haematomania is a noun.

Words near haematomania in the dictionary

  1. haematolyses
  2. haematolysis
  3. haematolytic
  4. haematoma
  5. haematomae
  6. haematomania
  7. haematomas
  8. haematomata
  9. haematometer
  10. haematometers
  11. haematometra

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