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Meaning of haematophilia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. haemophilia
    uncountable
  2. haematolagnia; sexual attraction to blood.
    rare, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

haematophobia hæmatophobia haematopinid hæmatopœsis haematopoiesis haematoporphyria

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