VASCULAR HEMOPHILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascular hemophilia mean? 

• VASCULAR HEMOPHILIA (noun)
  The noun VASCULAR HEMOPHILIA 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 bleeding

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASCULAR HEMOPHILIA (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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

angiohemophilia; vascular hemophilia; von Willebrand's disease

Hypernyms ("vascular hemophilia" is a kind of...):

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