haemophilia or US hemophilia [hee-moh-fill-lee-a]
hemophilia, haemophilia
Noun
a hereditary disorder, usually affecting males, in which the blood does not clot properly [Greek haima blood + philos loving]
haemophiliac n
hemophilia, haemophilia
a tendency to uncontrolled bleeding. Also hemorrhaphilia, haemorrhaphilia. — hemophiliac, haemophiliac, n., adj.
See also: Blood and Blood Vesselsan hereditary tendency, in males, toward a deficiency in coagulation factors in the blood. — hemophiliac, haemophiliac, n., adj.
See also: Disease and Illness
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| Noun | 1. |  haemophilia - congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to sonclassical haemophilia, classical hemophilia, haemophilia A, hemophilia A - hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men Christmas disease, haemophilia B, hemophilia B - a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease - a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding blood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood sex-linked disorder - any disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones; "hemophilia is determined by a gene defect on an X chromosome" |
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