hematophilia

Hematophilia \Hem`a*to*phil"i*a\
   (h[=e]`m[.a]*t[-o]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
   a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love.] (Med.)
   Same as {hemophilia}; -- an obsolete term. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster +PJC]
    

Hemophilia \Hem`o*phil"i*a\ (h[=e]`m[.a]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a] or
   h[e^]m`[.a]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, blood
   + filei^n to love.] (Med.)
   A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and
   uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is
   caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in
   the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the
   X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males;
   there are several specific forms. It may be treated by
   administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly
   termed {Hematophilia}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]