Definition of "hemophilia" []

• Any of several hereditary blood-coagulation disorders in which the blood fails to clot normally because of a deficiency or abnormality of one of the clotting factors. Hemophilia, a recessive trait associated with the X-chromosome, is manifested almost exclusively in males. (noun)

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• "The division includes inpatient and outpatient services, the Apheresis program, the Transfusion Medicine program and clinical research programs in hemophilia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia and bone marrow failure."
• "Right now, hemophilia is treated by replacing the deficient blood clotting factor through injection."
• "Says the headline: Novel gene therapy may lead to cure in hemophilia A patients."