haematophilia

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noun

haemophilia

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounhaematophilia (uncountable)

alternative hematophilia

  1. uncountablemedicinehaemophilia
  2. rareuncountablehaematolagnia; sexual attraction to blood.
    1 more example

    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, seemed to have no interest in sex.

    2014, Helen Gavin, Criminological and Forensic Psychology, page 306

Origin

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APA

haematophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haematophilia

MLA

“haematophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haematophilia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haematophilia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haematophilia.

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