Meanings
nounhaemophilia (countable and uncountable, plural haemophilias)
plural haemophilias · alternative dated hæmophilia · alternative US hemophilia
- CommonwealthcountableuncountablemedicineAny of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
Synonyms: bleeder's disease, bleeding sickness, Christmas disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouncongenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son
Similar
hemophiliableeder's disease
Broader
blood diseaseblood disordersex-linked disorder
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekαἷμα“blood”
- Englishhaemophilia
From haemo- + -philia, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φιλία (philía, “friendship”). Originally called haemorrhaphilia, probably from the word haemorrhage.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هِيمُوفِيلِيَا, نَزْف دَم وِرَاثِيّ
- هِيمُوفِيلِيَا (hīmūfīliyā)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- نَزْف دَم وِرَاثِيّ (nazf dam wirāṯiyy)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- نَاعُور (nāʕūr)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- نزَافany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Catalan hemofília
- hemofíliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Chinese Mandarin 血友病
- 血友病 (xuèyǒubìng)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Czech hemofilie
- hemofilieany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Danish blødersyge
- blødersygeany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Dutch hemofilie, bloederziekte
- hemofilieany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- bloederziekteany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Estonian veritsustõbi
- veritsustõbiany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Finnish hemofilia, verenvuototauti
- hemofiliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- verenvuototautiany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
French hémophilie
- hémophilieany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
German Hämophilie, Bluterkrankheit
- Hämophilieany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- Bluterkrankheitany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Greek αιμοφιλία
- αιμοφιλία (aimofilía)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Hindi अधिरक्तस्त्राव
- अधिरक्तस्त्राव (adhiraktastrāv)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Hungarian vérzékenység, hemofília
- vérzékenységany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- hemofíliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Italian emofilia
- emofiliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Japanese 血友病
- 血友病 (ketsuyūbyō)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Korean 혈우병(血友病))
- 혈우병(血友病)) (hyeorubyeong)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Māori mate toto tepekore
- mate toto tepekoreany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Norwegian blødersykdom
- blødersykdomany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Polish hemofilia
- hemofiliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Portuguese hemofilia
- hemofiliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Russian гемофили́я
- гемофили́я (gemofilíja)any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Slovak hemofília
- hemofíliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Spanish hemofilia
- hemofiliaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Swedish klassisk blödarsjuka, blödarsjuka
- klassisk blödarsjukaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- blödarsjukaany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- hemofiliany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Thai เลือดไหลไม่หยุด
- เลือดไหลไม่หยุดany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Turkish hemofili
- hemofiliany of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with haemophilia
ameliaCeciliaCeliadeliaCordeliaOpheliapsychedeliapedophiliaKarelialobelianecrophiliaphaceliaphiliacoprophiliajuveniliaklismaphiliaandrophiliaaptophiliaaquaphiliaasphyxiophiliaautoandrogynemorphophiliaautoandrophiliaautogynandromorphophiliaautogynephilia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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