English Explanatory Dictionary

Renfield's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. clinical vampirism; a condition where a person feels compelled to drink blood

Word forms

Renfield's syndrome

Etymology

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

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