CHRISTMAS DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Christmas disease mean? 

• CHRISTMAS DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CHRISTMAS DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX

  Familiarity information: CHRISTMAS DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRISTMAS DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Christmas disease; haemophilia B; hemophilia B

Hypernyms ("Christmas disease" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Also called: Christmas disease, Factor IX deficiency, Factor VIII deficiency

(Hemophilia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Inherited coagulation factor-deficient hemophilias include hemophilia A or classic hemophilia (factor VIII deficiency) hemophilia B or Christmas disease (factor IX deficiency), and hemophilia C (factor XI deficiency).

(Hemophilia, NCI Thesaurus)

This is a recessive X-linked disorder, also called hemophilia B or Christmas disease.

(F9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)