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Christmas disease

Christmas disease noun: haemophilia B.

Noun

Christmas disease (uncountable)

  1. haemophilia B

Origin of Christmas disease

Christmas + disease Named for Stephen Christmas, the first patient described with the disease.

Questions about Christmas disease

What does Christmas disease mean?
Christmas disease means haemophilia B.
What part of speech is Christmas disease?
Christmas disease is a noun.

Words near Christmas disease in the dictionary

  1. Christmas creep
  2. Christmas Day
  3. Christmas Days
  4. Christmas dinner
  5. Christmas dinners
  6. Christmas disease
  7. Christmas drinker
  8. Christmas drinkers
  9. Christmas elf
  10. Christmas elves
  11. Christmas Eve

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