haemophilia
/ˌhiːməˈfɪliə
haemophilia noun: any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
Noun
haemophilia (countable and uncountable, plural haemophilias)
- Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
- Synonyms:
- bleeder's disease, bleeding sickness, Christmas disease
haemophilia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Arabic
haemophilia in Hindi
- any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- अधिरक्तस्त्राव adhiraktastrāv
haemophilia in Tamil
- இரத்தம் உறையா நோய், இரத்தம் உறையாக்கேடு, குருதியுறையாநோய்
haemophilia in Gujarati
- any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- રક્તસ્રાવિતા raktasrāvitā
haemophilia in Arabic
- any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
- هِيمُوفِيلِيَا hīmūfīliyā, نَزْف دَم وِرَاثِيّ nazf dam wirāṯiyy, نَاعُور nāʕūr, نزَاف
More languagesFewer languages
- haemophilia in Thai
- เลือดไหลไม่หยุด
Synonyms of haemophilia
- bleeder's disease
- bleeding sickness
- Christmas disease
Forms of haemophilia
| plural | haemophilias |
|---|---|
| alternative US | hemophilia |
| alternative form (dated) | hæmophilia |
Origin of haemophilia
From haemo- + -philia, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φιλία (philía, “friendship”). Originally called haemorrhaphilia, probably from the word haemorrhage.
Words formed from haemophilia
Words that rhyme with haemophilia
- aquaphilia
- bibliophilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- vorarephilia
- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about haemophilia
- What does haemophilia mean?
- Haemophilia means any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
- What is haemophilia in Hindi?
- Haemophilia in Hindi is अधिरक्तस्त्राव (adhiraktastrāv). See Haemophilia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is haemophilia?
- Haemophilia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce haemophilia?
- Haemophilia is pronounced /ˌhiːməˈfɪliə.
- What is the plural of haemophilia?
- The plural of haemophilia is haemophilias.
Words near haemophilia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: haemophilia (page history and authors); haemophilia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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