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hemophiliac

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH IY0 M AH0 F IH1 L IY0 AE0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH IY0 M OW0 F IH1 L IY0 AE0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: HH IY0 M AH0 F IH1 L Y AE0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 4: HH IY0 M OW0 F IH1 L Y AE0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person with hemophilia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person with an attraction to blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haemophiliac, bleeder, hemophile, haemophile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer

History

Etymology

From hemo- + -philiac.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: hemofiliak — Translations
  • Spanish: hemofílico — Translations