haemophiliac
Definition
Noun: A person who has the inherited medical condition hemophilia, which impairs the body's ability to form blood clots, leading to prolonged or spontaneous bleeding.
Usage
The term is used to refer to an individual diagnosed with the blood disorder hemophilia. It is a clinical and descriptive term. * The haemophiliac requires regular infusions of clotting factor. * Advances in treatment have greatly improved the quality of life for the haemophiliac.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) before another noun.
- haemophiliac patients
- haemophiliac children
- While clinically accurate, some modern usage prefers person-first language (e.g., "a person with hemophilia") to emphasize the individual over the condition.
Variants and Related Words
- Hemophiliac: The standard American English spelling.
- Haemophilia (n.): The name of the medical condition itself.
- Bleeder (n., informal/dated): An older, now often considered insensitive, term for a haemophiliac.
Synonyms
- Person with hemophilia (preferred in many contexts)
Different Meanings
This word has a single, specific medical meaning and is not used with other definitions.
Noun
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someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
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