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he⋅mo⋅phil⋅i⋅a
[hee-muh-fil-ee-uh, -feel-yuh, hem-uh-] 
–noun
| any of several X-linked genetic disorders, symptomatic chiefly in males, in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood. |
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1850–55; < NL; see hemo- -philia
1850–55; < NL; see hemo- -philia
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| he·mo·phil·i·a (hē'mə-fĭl'ē-ə, -fēl'yə) n. Any of several hereditary blood-coagulation disorders in which the blood fails to clot normally because of a deficiency or abnormality of one of the clotting factors. Hemophilia, a recessive trait associated with the X-chromosome, is manifested almost exclusively in males. |
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Hemophilia
Hem`o*phil"i*a\, n. See Hematophilia.
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hemophilia [(hee-muh-fil-ee-uh, hee-muh-feel-yuh)]
A hereditary disease caused by a deficiency of a substance in the blood that aids in clotting. Hemophiliacs can bleed to death even from small cuts and bruises, because their blood has largely lost the ability to clot.
Note: Queen Victoria of Britain, whose descendants have been kings and queens of several countries in Europe, carried the gene for hemophilia, which has turned up repeatedly in royal families since her lifetime. Her great-grandson, the heir to the throne of Russia, suffered from the disease, and his parents fell under the influence of the monk Grigori Rasputin in hopes of a miraculous cure. The resulting chaos in the government of Russia helped bring on the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union.
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hemophilia
1854 (in anglicized form hæmophily), from Ger. hämophile, coined in Mod.L. in 1828 by Ger. physician Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793-1864), from Gk. haima "blood" (see -emia) + philia "to love," related to philos "loving."
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Main Entry: he·mo·phil·ia
Variant: or chiefly British hae·mo·phil·ia /"hE-m&-'fil-E-&/
Function:noun
: a sex-linked hereditary blood defect that occurs almost exclusively in males and is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood and consequent difficulty in controllinghemorrhage even after minor injuries —compare CHRISTMAS DISEASE,
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hemophilia he·mo·phil·i·a (hē'mə-fĭl'ē-ə, -fēl'yə)
n.
Any of several hereditary blood-coagulation disorders, manifested almost exclusively in males, in which the blood fails to clot normally because of a deficiency or an abnormality of one of the clotting factors.
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| hemophilia (hē'mə-fĭl'ē-ə) Pronunciation Key
Any of several hereditary coagulation disorders, seen almost exclusively in males, in which the blood fails to clot normally because of a deficiency or an abnormality of one of the clotting factors. |
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