bleeder's disease

bleeder's disease

n (Pathology) a nontechnical name for haemophilia

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Noun

1.bleeder's disease - congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to sonhaemophilia, hemophiliaclassical haemophilia, classical hemophilia, haemophilia A, hemophilia A - hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in menChristmas disease, haemophilia B, hemophilia B - a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IXangiohemophilia, 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 bleedingblood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the bloodsex-linked disorder - any disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones; "hemophilia is determined by a gene defect on an X chromosome"