/hiːˈmɒfɪlɪ/.haemophilian.
/hiːməʊˈfɪlɪə//hɛməʊˈfɪlɪə//hiːˈmɒfɪlɪ/. Pathology.
A constitutional (usually hereditary) tendency to bleeding, either spontaneously or from very slight injuries; hæmorrhagic diathesis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > bleeding or flow of blood > bleeding disease
haemophilia1854
Christmas disease1952
1854 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. (1874) 62 Hæmophily appears to be often hereditary.
1864 Year-bk. Med. 1863 (New Sydenham Soc.) 123 Report on Hæmophily.
1872 J. W. Legg (title) A Treatise on Hæmophilia.
1879 R. N. Khory Digest Med. 4 Hæmophilia is..inherited almost exclusively by males, though capable of transmission through unaffected females.
Derivatives
haemophiliac adj. /hiːmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪæk//hɛmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪæk/ affected with hæmophilia; also as n., a person so affected.
/hiːmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪæk//hɛmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪæk/ affected with hæmophilia; also as n., a person so affected.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > bleeding or flow of blood > bleeding disease > person
bleeder1803
haemophilic1864
haemophiliac1896
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > of blood > bleeding > having bleeding disease
haemophilic1864
haemophiliac1896
1896 Lancet 18 Jan. 153/2 An arrest of severe hæmophiliac bleeding from the gums was obtained by an application of calcium phosphate.
1897 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 11 Mar. 227/1 In hemophiliacs, leeching, extraction of the teeth and circumcision are very hazardous operations.
1936 Discovery Dec. 388/2 A preparation from egg-white, which reduces the clotting time of blood, provides new hope for haemophiliacs.
1946 Nature 28 Sept. 447/1 We have been able to study the effect, in some hæmophiliac patients, of a product containing 82 per cent fibrinogen.
1962 Lancet 27 Jan. 194/1 A pharmacist who is a hæmophiliac had noted that by taking hesperidin chalcone (a flavonoid) he could ward off hæmorrhagic episodes.
1967 M. M. Wintrobe Clin. Hematol. (ed. 6) xviii. 937/1 Karyotype analysis has been carried out in several of the hemophiliac women and only in 2 instances has the karyotype been abnormal.
haemophilic adj. /hiːmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk//hɛmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk/ affected with hæmophilia; also as n., a hæmophiliac.
/hiːmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk//hɛmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk/ affected with hæmophilia; also as n., a hæmophiliac.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > bleeding or flow of blood > bleeding disease > person
bleeder1803
haemophilic1864
haemophiliac1896
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > of blood > bleeding > having bleeding disease
haemophilic1864
haemophiliac1896
1864 Year-bk. Med. 1863 (New Sydenham Soc.) 124 The hæmophilic have for the most part a soft white translucent skin.
1897 Lippincott's Med. Dict. 454/1 Hæmophilic... 2. A person affected with hæmophilia.
1935 L. E. H. Whitby & C. J. C. Britton Disorders of Blood xiv. 272 On Mendelian principles a female may be a true hæmophilic if she is the daughter of a hæmophilia-transmitting woman and a hæmophilic male.
1938 New Statesman 2 July 7/2 Between thirty-five and seventy haemophilics are alive in Greater London to-day.
1966 D. M. Dunlop & S. Alstead Textbk. Med. Treatm. (ed. 10) 496 In centres with suitable facilities, a supply of this plasma specifically for use in hæmophilics serves a useful purpose.
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