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单词 christmas disease
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Christmas disease


noun Pathology.

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

Origin of Christmas disease

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

Words nearby Christmas disease

Christmasberry, Christmas box, Christmas cactus, Christmas card, Christmas club, Christmas disease, Christmas Eve, Christmas factor, Christmas fern, Christmas Island, Christmas ornament
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British Dictionary definitions for Christmas disease

Christmas disease

noun

a relatively mild type of haemophilia, caused by lack of a protein (Christmas factor) implicated in the process of blood clotting

Word Origin for Christmas disease

C20: named after S. Christmas, the first patient suffering from the disease who was examined in detail
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for Christmas disease

Christmas disease
[ krĭsməs ]

n.

hemophilia B
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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