CHRISTMAS DISEASE


Meaning of CHRISTMAS DISEASE in English

Pathol.

a hereditary disease characterized by an inability of the blood to clot because of a deficiency of a coagulation factor.

[ 1952; after S. Christmas, the first sufferer from the disease to be examined in detail ]

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