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haematophilia

haematophilia noun: haemophilia.

Noun

haematophilia (uncountable)

  1. haemophilia
  2. (rare) haematolagnia; sexual attraction to blood.
    • 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 haematophilia

alternative formhematophilia

Origin of haematophilia

From haemato- + -philia.

Questions about haematophilia

What does haematophilia mean?
Haematophilia means haemophilia.
What part of speech is haematophilia?
Haematophilia is a noun.

Words near haematophilia in the dictionary

  1. haematophages
  2. haematophagic
  3. haematophagous
  4. haematophagus
  5. haematophagy
  6. haematophilia
  7. haematophobia
  8. haematopinid
  9. haematopinids
  10. haematoplastic
  11. haematopneumothorax

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