hemophilia

/hee-muh-fil-ee-uh, -feel-yuh, hem-uh-/US // ˌhi məˈfɪl i ə, -ˈfil yə, ˌhɛm ə- //

血友病,嗜血症

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several X-linked genetic disorders, symptomatic chiefly in males, in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood.

Advances in gene therapy technology are making it possible to treat genetic diseases like hemophilia.
Benzene causes cancer, thins the blood to cause symptoms resembling hemophilia, and damages fetuses exposed to it.
Coagulation is notably delayed in hemophilia and icterus and after administration of citric acid.
Hemophilia is a peculiar disease, consisting in frequent and often uncontrollable hemorrhages.
An even more striking manifestation of a physical anomaly, as a family trait, is the condition known as hemophilia.
In 1539 Benedictus noted the occurrence of hemophilia or bleeders' disease.
In hemophilia, uncontrollable bleeding may occur from trifling injuries.