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haemophilia
/ ˌhiːməʊˈfɪlɪə; ˌhɛm- /
noun
- an inheritable disease, usually affecting only males but transmitted by women to their male children, characterized by loss or impairment of the normal clotting ability of blood so that a minor wound may result in fatal bleeding
Derived Forms
- ˌˈˌǾ, adjective
Example Sentences
Mr Summers' son Paul was diagnosed with HIV and Hepatitis C after being given a blood clotting product used to treat haemophilia.
Those with the blood disorder haemophilia, who contracted HIV or hepatitis C as children while at Treloar's school in Hampshire, will receive £15,000.
The individuals, whose identities are being kept private, were infected with potentially deadly viruses after receiving a contaminated blood transfusion, or a treatment for haemophilia or a similar blood disorder.
More than 3,500 victims of the scandal were NHS patients with the blood disorder haemophilia, they were infected after being given a contaminated clotting agent.
As part of this new study, led by Genomics England, blood samples will be taken from babies' umbilical cords to help diagnose many more gene disorders, such as haemophilia and spinal muscular atrophy.
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