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Renfield's syndrome

Renfield's syndrome noun: clinical vampirism; a condition where a person feels compelled to drink blood.

Noun

Renfield's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. clinical vampirism; a condition where a person feels compelled to drink blood

Origin of Renfield's syndrome

Named after Dracula's assistant in the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker.

Questions about Renfield's syndrome

What does Renfield's syndrome mean?
Renfield's syndrome means clinical vampirism; a condition where a person feels compelled to drink blood.
What part of speech is Renfield's syndrome?
Renfield's syndrome is a noun.

Words near Renfield's syndrome in the dictionary

  1. reney
  2. reneyed
  3. reneying
  4. reneys
  5. Renfield syndrome
  6. Renfield's syndrome
  7. renforce
  8. renforced
  9. renforces
  10. renforcing
  11. renforst

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