haemophilia

See also: hæmophilia

English

Alternative forms

• hæmophilia
• hemophilia (US)

Etymology

haemo- +‎ -philia, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φιλία (philía, “friendship”). Originally called haemorrhaphilia, probably from the word haemorrhage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiːməˈfɪliə, -ˈfiːliə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪliə
• Rhymes: -iːliə

Noun

haemophilia (countable and uncountable, plural haemophilias)

1. (British spelling, pathology) Any 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

Derived terms

• haemophile
• haemophilia A
• haemophilia B
• haemophiliac
• haemophilic

 

Translations

any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding

• Arabic: هِيمُوفِيلِيَا f (hīmūfīliyā), نَزْف دَم وِرَاثِيّ m (nazf dam wirāṯiyy), نَاعُور m (nāʕūr), نزَاف m
• Armenian: հեմոֆիլիա (hy) (hemofilia)
• Catalan: hemofília f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血友病 (zh) (xuèyǒubìng)

• Danish: blødersyge
• Dutch: hemofilie (nl) f, bloederziekte (nl) f
• Estonian: veritsustõbi
• Finnish: hemofilia (fi), verenvuototauti (fi)
• French: hémophilie (fr) f
• Galician: hemofilia f
• German: Hämophilie (de) f, Bluterkrankheit (de) f
• Greek: αιμοφιλία (el) f (aimofilía)
• Gujarati: રક્તસ્રાવિતા (raktasrāvitā)
• Hindi: अधिरक्तस्त्राव (adhiraktastrāv)
• Hungarian: vérzékenység (hu), hemofília (hu)
• Italian: emofilia (it)
• Japanese: 血友病 (けつゆうびょう, ketsuyūbyō)
• Korean: 혈우병(血友病) (ko) (hyeorubyeong))
• Maori: mate toto tepekore
• Norwegian: blødersykdom
• Occitan: hemofilia f
• Polish: hemofilia (pl) f
• Portuguese: hemofilia (pt) f
• Russian: гемофили́я (ru) f (gemofilíja)
• Severn Ojibwa: ᓀᐦᐱᒋᔅᑴᓭ ᐁᑳ ᑾᔭᒃ ᐁᐗᑐᐦᓭᒃ (nehpichiskwese ekaa kwayak ewatohsek)
• Slovene: krvavíčnost
• Spanish: hemofilia (es) f
• Swedish: klassisk blödarsjuka (sv) c, blödarsjuka (sv) c, hemofili (sv) c
• Thai: เลือดไหลไม่หยุด
• Turkish: hemofili (tr)

See also

• haemorrhagic diathesis

Anagrams

• hemophilia A