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hematophilia

hematophilia is the alternative spelling of haematophilia.

Meaning of haematophilia

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

Questions about hematophilia

What is hematophilia the alternative spelling of?
Hematophilia is the alternative spelling of haematophilia.

Words near hematophilia in the dictionary

  1. hematophagia
  2. hematophagic
  3. hematophagous
  4. hematophagy
  5. hematophanite
  6. hematophilia
  7. hematophobia
  8. hematoplastic
  9. hematopneumothorax
  10. hematopoeitic
  11. hematopoetic

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