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hemophiliac

hemophiliac noun: a person with hemophilia.

Noun

hemophiliac (plural hemophiliacs)

  1. A person with hemophilia.
  2. (rare) A person with an attraction to blood.
    • Wasn't the vampire really the haemophiliac of today? He certainly got some kind of a thrill from sucking blood1973, Ed Wood, A Study in the Motivation of Censorship, Sex and the Movies; quoted in Will Sloan, Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA, 2025, page 45
    • She is, it quickly transpires, a haemophiliac vampire who, after being transported to the mother ship, sets about killing the crew one by one1995, Phil Hardy, Science Fiction, White Lion Publishing

Forms of hemophiliac

pluralhemophiliacs
alternative formhaemophiliac
alternative formhæmophiliac

Origin of hemophiliac

From hemo- + -philiac.

Questions about hemophiliac

What does hemophiliac mean?
Hemophiliac means a person with hemophilia.
What part of speech is hemophiliac?
Hemophiliac is a noun.
What is the plural of hemophiliac?
The plural of hemophiliac is hemophiliacs.

Words near hemophiliac in the dictionary

  1. hemophagous
  2. hemophagy
  3. hemophilia
  4. hemophilia A
  5. hemophilia B
  6. hemophiliac
  7. hemophiliacs
  8. hemophilias
  9. hemophilic
  10. hemophilics
  11. hemophilioid

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