Found 1 items, similar to Hematophilia.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hematophilia 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] 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]