Renfield's syndrome

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English

Etymology

Named after Dracula's assistant in the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker.

Noun

Renfield's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) clinical vampirism; a condition where a person feels compelled to drink blood
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