HEMOPHILIA A

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemophilia A mean? 

• HEMOPHILIA A (noun)
  The noun HEMOPHILIA A has 1 sense:

1. hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men

  Familiarity information: HEMOPHILIA A used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMOPHILIA A (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

classical haemophilia; classical hemophilia; haemophilia A; hemophilia A

Hypernyms ("hemophilia A" 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 

These variants result in hemophilia A, a common recessive X-linked coagulation disorder.

(F8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment is similar to that for hemophilia A.

(Hemophilia B, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Inherited as an x-linked recessive disease, hemophilia A is the most common hemophilia, occurring in approximately 1 in 10,000 male births.

(Hemophilia A, NCI Thesaurus)

In individuals without hereditary hemophilia A, factor VIII inhibitors may occur spontaneously as autoantibodies, resulting in a condition known as 'acquired hemophilia.'

(Hemophilia, NCI Thesaurus)

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)