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Christmas disease

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a hereditary disease characterized by an inability of the blood to clot because of a deficiency of a coagulation factor.

Christmas disease

noun

  1. a relatively mild type of haemophilia, caused by lack of a protein ( Christmas factor ) implicated in the process of blood clotting

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Christmas disease1

1952; after S. Christmas, the first sufferer from the disease to be examined in detail

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Christmas disease1

C20: named after S. Christmas, the first patient suffering from the disease who was examined in detail

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