haematomania

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noun

An overwhelming desire for blood.

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Meanings

nounhaematomania (uncountable)

alternative hæmatomania · alternative hematomania

  1. uncountableAn 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. uncountableA craze for blood-letting.

Origin

From haemato- + -mania.

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haematomania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haematomania

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“haematomania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haematomania. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haematomania,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haematomania.

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