Hemophilia

Definition of Hemophilia

Hem`o`phil´i`a   Pronunciation: hē`må`fĭl´ĭ`å or hĕm`å`fĭl´ĭ`å
n.1.(Med.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males; there are several specific forms. It may be treated by administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly termed Hematophilia.

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Christmas disease, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Hartnup disease, Letterer-Siwe syndrome, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, achromatic vision, acute leukemia, albinism, anemia, angiohemophilia, aplastic anemia, chronic leukemia, color blindness, cyclic neutropenia, cystic fibrosis, dichromatic vision, dysautonomia, erythrocytosis, hemoglobinopathy, hemophilia A, hemophilia B, hypochromic anemia, ichthyosis, infectious granuloma, iron deficiency anemia, leukemia, leukemic reticuloendotheliosis, macrocytic anemia, mongolianism, mongolism, mucoviscidosis, multiple myeloma, muscular dystrophy, myelogenous leukemia, neutropenia, pancreatic fibrosis, pernicious anemia, plasma cell leukemia, plasmacytoma, polycythemia, pseudoleukemia, purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, sickle-cell anemia, thalassemia, vascular hemophilia
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