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Category:GO:0140106 ! hematophagy
name: hematophagy
namespace: biological_process
def: "A feeding behavior that involves the ingestion of blood. Hematophagous animals have mouth parts and chemical agents for penetrating vascular structures in the skin of hosts. To overcome natural hemostasis, vasoconstriction, inflammation, and pain sensation in the host, hematophagous animals pre-inject chemical substances with anesthetic and/or anticoagulant properties." [Wikipedia:Hematophagy]
synonym: "feeding on blood of other organism" EXACT []
synonym: "injection of substance into other organism during feeding on blood of other organism" EXACT []
synonym: "taking of blood meal" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Hematophagy
is_a: GO:0007631 ! feeding behavior
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<GOterm>GO:0140106</GOterm>
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