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HAEMOPHILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does haemophile mean?
• HAEMOPHILE (noun)
The noun HAEMOPHILE has 1 sense:
1. someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
Familiarity information: HAEMOPHILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bleeder; haemophile; haemophiliac; hemophile; hemophiliac
Hypernyms ("haemophile" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
haemophilic (relating to or having hemophilia)
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