haemophiliac

Noun

Meaning

someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bleeder hemophiliac haemophile hemophile hemophilia chronic bleeding haemophilia syphilitic neurasthenic bled haemophilic hemophilic bleeder's disease bleeders
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Hypernyms

sufferer sick person diseased person

Related terms

haemophilic

Examples

By the 1980s the life span of the average haemophiliac receiving appropriate treatment was 50–60 years. Source: Internet

If a female gives birth to a haemophiliac son, either the female is a carrier for the blood disorder or the haemophilia was the result of a spontaneous mutation. Source: Internet

Considerably more candid than Petrie about Alfonso, the private man, and about the miseries the royal family experienced because of their haemophiliac children. Source: Internet

Blood contamination issues main Ryan White was an American haemophiliac who became infected with HIV/AIDS through contaminated blood products Prior to 1985, there were no laws enacted within the U.S. to screen blood. Source: Internet

Haemophiliac daughters are more common than they once were, as improved treatments for the disease have allowed more haemophiliac males to survive to adulthood and become parents. Source: Internet

This test was done by transferring the blood of one haemophiliac to another haemophiliac. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

haemophilia haemophilia A haemophilia B haemophilic haemophilus influenzae pneumonia haemophobia