Definition

Noun: * Hemophilia: A congenital (present from birth) disorder characterized by a tendency for uncontrolled bleeding. This condition is typically inherited and primarily affects males, as it is transmitted from a carrier mother to her son via the X chromosome.

Usage

• The term "bleeder's disease" is a historical and informal name for the medical condition now formally known as hemophilia.
• It is used to describe the condition where a person's blood does not clot properly due to a deficiency in specific clotting factors.
• Example:

Advanced Usage

• The term is considered outdated in modern medical contexts. Its use today is largely historical, literary, or in layman's explanations to convey the core symptom of the condition—excessive bleeding.
• Example (historical context):

Variants and Related Words

• Hemophilia (n.): The standard modern medical term for the condition. It is often specified as Hemophilia A (Factor VIII deficiency) or Hemophilia B (Factor IX deficiency, also historically called Christmas disease).
• Hemophiliac (n.): A person who has hemophilia.
• Coagulopathy (n.): A broader medical term for any condition affecting the blood's ability to clot.

Synonyms

• Hemophilia
• The royal disease (a historical nickname due to its prevalence in European royalty)

Notes on Meaning

• The definition specifies "usually affects males" because hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder. Females can be carriers and, in rare cases, can have symptoms, but the severe form is overwhelmingly seen in males.
• "Uncontrolled bleeding" refers to both prolonged bleeding from external wounds and spontaneous internal bleeding into joints and muscles.

Noun

1. congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son