haematomania

English

Alternative forms

• hæmatomania (chiefly British)
• hematomania (North America)

Etymology

haemato- +‎ -mania

Noun

haematomania (uncountable)

1. 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[.]

2. A craze for blood-letting.