Meanings
plural hemophiliacs · alternative haemophiliac · alternative hæmophiliac
- medicineA person with hemophilia.
- rareA 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 blood
1973, 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 452 more examples
She is, it quickly transpires, a haemophiliac vampire who, after being transported to the mother ship, sets about killing the crew one by one
1995, Phil Hardy, Science Fiction, White Lion PublishingLikewise, in Immortality (a.k.a. The Wisdom of Crocodiles, Po-Chih Leong, 1998), a hemophiliac vampire, Steven Grlscz, tries to restrain his bloodlust for Anne, whom he loves.
2016 February 22, Mark Pizzato, Beast-People Onscreen and in Your Brain: The Evolution of Animal-Humans from Prehistoric Cave Art to Modern Movies, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 142
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Polish hemofiliak
- hemofiliakTranslations
Spanish hemofílico
- hemofílicoTranslations
Cite this entry
hemophiliac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemophiliac
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