hemophagia

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 n
1) an ingestion of blood
2) phagocytosis of red blood cells

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