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ANGIOHEMOPHILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angiohemophilia mean? 

ANGIOHEMOPHILIA (noun)
  The noun ANGIOHEMOPHILIA has 1 sense:

1. a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleedingplay

  Familiarity information: ANGIOHEMOPHILIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANGIOHEMOPHILIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

angiohemophilia; vascular hemophilia; von Willebrand's disease

Hypernyms ("angiohemophilia" is a kind of...):

bleeder's disease; haemophilia; hemophilia (congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son)


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