Word

haemophilia, n.

congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son
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bleeder's disease haemophilia hemophilia

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derivationally related form

haemophilic

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hypernym

blood disease, blood disorder sex-linked disorder

hyponym

hemophilia A, haemophilia A, classical hemophilia, classical haemophilia hemophilia B, haemophilia B, Christmas disease von Willebrand's disease, angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia