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von Wil⋅le⋅brand's disease

[fawn vil-uh-brahnts]
–noun Pathology.
an inherited autosomal recessive disease in which abnormally slow coagulation of blood may lead to spontaneous bleeding, excessive bleeding following an injury, and heavy menstrual flow.

Origin:
1940–45; after Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870–1949), Finnish physician
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Main Entry: von Wil·le·brand's disease
Pronunciation: -"bränts-
Function: noun
: a genetic disorder that is caused by deficient ordefective von Willebrand factor, is characterized by mucosal and petechial bleeding due to abnormal blood vessels, and is inherited chiefly as an autosomal dominant trait
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von Willebrand's disease von Wil·le·brand's disease (vŏn wĭl'ə-brāndz', fôn vĭl'ə-bränts')
n.
A hereditary predisposition to hemorrhaging characterized by bleeding from mucous membranes and various abnormalities in the blood components responsible for clotting. Also called angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia.

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