haematomania
English
Alternative forms
- hæmatomania (chiefly British)
- hematomania (North America)
Etymology
haemato- + -mania
Noun
haematomania (uncountable)
- An overwhelming desire for blood.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 118:
- Kurten was, moreover, possessed by the rage for blood (hæmatomania); being called the vampire of Dusseldorf[.]
- A craze for blood-letting.