hemophiliac

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adjective

he·​mo·​phil·​i·​ac ˌhē-mə-ˈfi-lē-ˌak 

: of, resembling, or affected with a blood defect that is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood : of, resembling, or affected with hemophilia

hemophiliac

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noun

: one affected with a blood defect that is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood : one affected with hemophilia

called also bleeder

Examples of hemophiliac in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

When exactly Ryan received the contaminated dosage of Factor VIII is unknown, but that batch was later found to have infected 6,000 to 10,000 hemophiliacs in the United States with HIV. —Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024

In the interim, half of American hemophiliacs, and many others, were infected with HIV by blood transfusions, leading to more than 4,000 deaths. —Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024

The offer doesn’t apply to candidates who are currently ill, have tested positive test for HIV, are a hemophiliac, have had viral hepatitis B or hepatitis C or certain types of cancer or are under the age of 17. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024

Victoria’s previous visit to the Riviera, in 1887, had been to Cannes to see the Church of St. George built in memory of her son Leopold—the hemophiliac and mild epileptic—who died there in 1884. —Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023

Cases also surfaced among those who inject drugs, hemophiliacs and Haitians. —Ema Sasic, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023

In those days, nearly all hemophiliacs were HIV-positive because they were infused repeatedly with blood products agglomerated from thousands of donors—none of whom were screened for HIV until the mid- to late 1980s. —Bruce D. Walker, Scientific American, 1 July 2012

Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac. —Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 19 May 2022

Miller stars as rich 16-year-old hemophiliac Tucker Bryant, one of the earliest patients of Hamptons concierge doctor Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein). —Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

see hemophilia

Noun

see hemophilia

First Known Use

Adjective

1896, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hemophiliac

• iliac

Kids Definition

hemophiliac

noun

he·​mo·​phil·​i·​ac

ˌhē-mə-ˈfil-ē-ˌak

: a person who has hemophilia

Medical Definition

hemophiliac

1 of 2 adjective

he·​mo·​phil·​i·​ac

variants or chiefly British haemophiliac

-ˈfil-ē-ˌak 

: of, resembling, or affected with hemophilia

hemophiliac

2 of 2 noun

variants or chiefly British haemophiliac

: one affected with hemophilia

called also bleeder