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 he·mo·phil·ia /ˌhiməˈfɪliə/
 血友病

 he·mo·phil·ia /ˌhɪməˈfɪlɪə/ 名詞

 Hem·o·phil·i·a n.   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.
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 hemophilia
      n : congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually
          affects males and is transmitted from mother to son [syn:
           haemophilia, bleeder's disease]