Hematophilia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hematophilia \Hem`a*to*phil"i*a\
     (h[=e]`m[.a]*t[-o]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love.] (Med.)
     Same as {hemophilia}; -- an obsolete term. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hemophilia \Hem`o*phil"i*a\ (h[=e]`m[.a]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a] or
     h[e^]m`[.a]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, blood
     + filei^n to love.] (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}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]