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haemophilia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌhiːməˈfɪliə
  • -ˈfiːliə/
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  • rhymes with -ɪliə
  • rhymes with -iːliə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hemophilia, bleeder's disease

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blood disease, blood disorder, sex-linked disorder

Narrower terms: hemophilia A, haemophilia A, classical hemophilia, classical haemophilia, hemophilia B, haemophilia B, Christmas disease, von Willebrand's disease, angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia

History

Etymology

From haemo- + -philia, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φιλία (philía, “friendship”). Originally called haemorrhaphilia, probably from the word haemorrhage.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هِيمُوفِيلِيَا (hīmūfīliyā) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Arabic: نَزْف دَم وِرَاثِيّ (nazf dam wirāṯiyy) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Arabic: نَاعُور (nāʕūr) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Arabic: نزَاف — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Armenian: հեմոֆիլիա (hemofilia) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Catalan: hemofília — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血友病 (xuèyǒubìng) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Czech: hemofilie — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Danish: blødersyge — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Dutch: hemofilie — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Dutch: bloederziekte — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Estonian: veritsustõbi — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Faroese: bløðarasjúka — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Finnish: hemofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Finnish: verenvuototauti — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • French: hémophilie — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Galician: hemofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • German: Hämophilie — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • German: Bluterkrankheit — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Greek: αιμοφιλία (aimofilía) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Gujarati: રક્તસ્રાવિતા (raktasrāvitā) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Hindi: अधिरक्तस्त्राव (adhiraktastrāv) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Hungarian: vérzékenység — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Hungarian: hemofília — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Italian: emofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Japanese: 血友病 (ketsuyūbyō) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Korean: 혈우병(血友病)) (hyeorubyeong) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Māori: mate toto tepekore — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Norwegian: blødersykdom — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Occitan: hemofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Severn Ojibwa: ᓀᐦᐱᒋᔅᑴᓭ ᐁᑳ ᑾᔭᒃ ᐁᐗᑐᐦᓭᒃ (nehpichiskwese ekaa kwayak ewatohsek) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Polish: hemofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Portuguese: hemofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Russian: гемофили́я (gemofilíja) — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Slovak: hemofília — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Slovene: krvavíčnost — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Spanish: hemofilia — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Swedish: klassisk blödarsjuka — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Swedish: blödarsjuka — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Swedish: hemofili — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Thai: เลือดไหลไม่หยุด — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding
  • Turkish: hemofili — any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding