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The drinking of one's own blood.
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(archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.
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Alternative form of bdellatomy [(archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.]
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Alternative spelling of bloodsucker [An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.]
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alternative form of bloodsucking [(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.]
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(archaic) A bloodthirsty person.
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One who performs bloodletting (the removal of blood in the hope of curing illness).
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The stomach contents of a bloodsucking insect (used especially to study the spread of infections)
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(very rare) The state or actions of being a bloodsucker; parasitism.
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(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
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(humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.
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(printing) Synonym of union bug.
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(derogatory, slang) A person who takes without giving back; a bloodsucker.
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(transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
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(by extension, of a person) Parasitic.
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An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
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Alternative spelling of man-eater [An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.]
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(medicine) An unusually small penis.
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(derogatory) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
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(anatomy) A penis-like organ in male caecilians, which is inserted into the cloaca of the female for several hours.
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(zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
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(medicine) clinical vampirism; a condition where a person feels compelled to drink blood
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