porphyrophile
Suzi's such a porphyrophile, I swear, all she does is sit and stare at purple things. And sometimes gnaws.
porphyrophile by suzi (the mythical tuna) February 11, 2004
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Porphyria is a group of different disorders caused by abnormalities in the chemical steps leading to the production of heme, a substance that is important in the body. The largest amounts of heme are in the blood and bone marrow, where it carries oxygen. Heme is also found in the liver and other tissues. Porphyria is also known as the "vampire disease"
Some modern scholars have argued that vampire stories may have been influenced by the rare illness called porphyria. Porphyria was thought to be more common than elsewhere in small Transylvanian villages (roughly 1000 years ago) where inbreeding probably occurred. The haem group, found in every blood cell in the human body, is excited by electrons, but in a controlled fashion. However, the haem groups in porphyria sufferers causes uncontrollable tissue, bone and skin damage, made worse when the person comes into contact with sunlight. This would have given the porphyria sufferer a very pallid skin colour, with teeth that appear larger than normal, due to the porphyria damaging the gum tissue and causing it to recede. These people would have been very anemic, and drinking (animal) blood was a traditional treatment for anemia. Certain forms of porphyria are also associated with neurological symptoms, which can create psychiatric disorders. However, suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave the heme in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a severe misunderstanding of the disease.
Some modern scholars have argued that vampire stories may have been influenced by the rare illness called porphyria. Porphyria was thought to be more common than elsewhere in small Transylvanian villages (roughly 1000 years ago) where inbreeding probably occurred. The haem group, found in every blood cell in the human body, is excited by electrons, but in a controlled fashion. However, the haem groups in porphyria sufferers causes uncontrollable tissue, bone and skin damage, made worse when the person comes into contact with sunlight. This would have given the porphyria sufferer a very pallid skin colour, with teeth that appear larger than normal, due to the porphyria damaging the gum tissue and causing it to recede. These people would have been very anemic, and drinking (animal) blood was a traditional treatment for anemia. Certain forms of porphyria are also associated with neurological symptoms, which can create psychiatric disorders. However, suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave the heme in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a severe misunderstanding of the disease.
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Porphyrophobia
1. N: Fear of the color purple, as well as a fear of purple objects and people.
2. N: Bigotry or hatred towards Purple people.
2. N: Bigotry or hatred towards Purple people.
1. "Doesn't that come in green? Purple gives me nightmares!"
"Grow up, you seem to be suffering from porphyrophobia!"
2. "Man, I hate Purple people! They get all these special rights and privileges, get to collect welfare, and they get preferential housing and employment!"
"Sounds like you have a bad case of porphyrophobia. Get help, please!"
"Grow up, you seem to be suffering from porphyrophobia!"
2. "Man, I hate Purple people! They get all these special rights and privileges, get to collect welfare, and they get preferential housing and employment!"
"Sounds like you have a bad case of porphyrophobia. Get help, please!"
Porphyrophobia by Purple Gurl October 1, 2014
porphyriaise
porphyria's lover is a poem by Robert Browning about a girl named porphyria Who was strangled by her lover with her hair so if someone is porphyriaised it is when they are strangled with their own hair.
Eg: I hate her so much I Want to porphyriaise her.
Eg: the cause of death was suffocation it is likely the victim was porphyriaised
Eg: the cause of death was suffocation it is likely the victim was porphyriaised
porphyriaise by Timalishaman April 25, 2023
Porphyric Hemophilia
bob: I think i have Porphyric Hemophilia.
ted:what, why?
bob: my teeth are sharp
ted: shut the hell up dracula
ted:what, why?
bob: my teeth are sharp
ted: shut the hell up dracula
Porphyric Hemophilia by ITCHYxTR1GGA69 July 22, 2011
porphyric pedophilia
porphyric pedophilia by wisemanofthenorthwest January 21, 2012