hemophiliac
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hemophiliac
First recorded in 1895–1900; hemophili(a) + -ac
Example Sentences
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Quinn learned he was a hemophiliac and was told his hockey-playing career was over.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022
We also learn that Ailes was a hemophiliac whose “daily life was a fear of annihilation” which supposedly “allowed him to understand the fears of other people”.
From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2018
Nor did he display any “miraculous” abilities when it came to the hemophiliac boy.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2016
Regular infusions of clotting factors isolated from healthy donors can help prevent bleeding in hemophiliac patients.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Slavin was born a hemophiliac in the 1950s, when the only available treatment involved infusions of clotting factors from donor blood, which wasn’t screened for diseases.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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