* * *
he·ma·to·pha·gia (he″mə-to-) (hem″ə-to-faґjə) 1. blood drinking. 2. subsisting on the blood of another animal.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Head louse — This article is about the animal. For the disease known as head lice, see Pediculosis capitis. Head lice Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Hematophagy — Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a known malarial… … Wikipedia
hematophagy — noun /ˌhiː.məˈtɒf.ə.dʒɪ,ˌhiː.məˈtɒf.ə.ɡɪ,ˌhi.məˈtɑf.ə.dʒi/ The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood. Most Lower brachyceran taxa also have nectarivorous or related fluid diets..., although a few basal clades have shifted to… … Wiktionary
hematophagous — Subsisting on blood. [hemato + G. phago, to eat] * * * he·ma·toph·a·gous or chiefly Brit hae·ma·toph·a·gous .hē mə täf ə gəs adj feeding on blood <hematophagous insects> * * * he·ma·toph·a·gous (he″mə ) (hem″ə… … Medical dictionary
hemophagia — SYN: hematophagia. [hemo + G. phagein, to eat] * * * he·mo·pha·gia or chiefly Brit hae·mo·pha·gia fā j(ē )ə n 1) an ingestion of blood 2) phagocytosis of red blood cells … Medical dictionary
hematophagy — he·ma·toph·a·gy (he″mə ) (hem″ə tofґə je) hematophagia … Medical dictionary
hemoposia — he·mo·po·sia (he″mo poґzhə) hematophagia … Medical dictionary
