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von Willebrand's disease

von Willebrand's disease noun: an hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity.

Noun

von Willebrand's disease (uncountable)

  1. An hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity.
    • "Von Willebrand's disease is an autosomally transmitted disorder of hemostasis caused by a deficiency of or defect in the von Willebrand factor in the blood, a protein required for adherence of platelets to an injured vessel wall." - D. Green. Von Willebrand's disease. Postgraduate Medicine. 1980...

Origin of von Willebrand's disease

Named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand, a Finnish physician who first described the disease in 1926.

Words formed from von Willebrand's disease

Questions about von Willebrand's disease

What does von Willebrand's disease mean?
Von Willebrand's disease means an hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity.
What part of speech is von Willebrand's disease?
Von Willebrand's disease is a noun.

Words near von Willebrand's disease in the dictionary

  1. Von Seggerns
  2. Von Spreckelsen
  3. von Willebrand
  4. von Willebrand disease
  5. von Willebrand factor
  6. von Willebrand's disease
  7. von Ziegesar
  8. Vona
  9. Vonas
  10. Vonbargen
  11. Vonbargens

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