- hemophagia
- SYN: hematophagia. [hemo- + G. phagein, to eat]
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he·mo·pha·gia or chiefly Brit hae·mo·pha·gia -'fā-j(ē-)ə n1) an ingestion of blood2) phagocytosis of red blood cells
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