haemophilia
Noun
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Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding;
Usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son (synset 114193819)is a type of:- 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
subtypes:- 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
same as: bleeder's disease, hemophilia
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