bleeder's disease

bleeder's disease

n

(Pathology) a nontechnical name for haemophilia

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Noun

1.

bleeder's disease - congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son haemophilia, hemophilia classical 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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Translations

bleeder's disease

n. pop. hemofilia.

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