haemophile

/ ˈhiːməʊˌfaɪl; ˈhɛm- /

noun

1. another name for haemophiliac
2. a haemophilic bacterium

Example Sentences

The boy, a haemophile, was in constant danger of bleeding to death.

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To each of these exalted mothers came the bitter pang of recognizing in her first born son a haemophile.

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Tsar Nicholas II discovered too late that Tsarina Alexandra was a "carrier," that their son the Tsarevitch Alexis was a haemophile.

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Her daughters could enjoy no small degree of happiness as wives with very small chance of giving birth to a haemophile.

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When a haemophile receives the slightest scratch he begins to bleed profusely and the wound heals so slowly that the haemophile may easily bleed to death.

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