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What is the noun for hemophiliac?

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hemophiliac
  1. (medicine) Somebody that is sexually attracted to blood; one who is afflicted with hemophilia.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I can sympathize with the victims and their families, because I have a hemophiliac son.”
      “In order to identify the mutation in a potential carrier, it first has to be identified in the hemophiliac in the family.”
      “Claimant is not an hemophiliac and she does not suffer from thalassemia major.”
haemophilia
  1. (British spelling, pathology) Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Understanding of inherited conditions such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and haemophilia will also be greatly improved.”
      “Factor IX is used for treating sufferers of Christmas disease, which is a rarer and more serious form of haemophilia.”
      “For that reason society offers testing for Down's syndrome, haemophilia, cystic fibrosis, and a range of other genetic conditions.”
hemophilia
  1. Alternative spelling of haemophilia
  2. Examples:
    1. “Its products treat millions of patients a year who suffer from hemophilia, infectious diseases, and cancer.”
      “These include loss-of-function diseases such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, and cancer.”
      “A male can't pass the gene for hemophilia to his sons, though all his daughters will be carriers of the disease gene.”
hemophilic
  1. An individual with hemophilia.
haemophiliac
  1. (British spelling) A person with haemophilia.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The vCJD infection was detected in the spleen of the deceased 70 year old haemophiliac during a post-mortem autopsy.”
      “As there was no evidence she is a haemophiliac her claim was assessed as a primarily infected person under the HCV Transfused Plan.”
      “Reports indicate that he is a haemophiliac who contracted HIV as a teenager from an infected blood transfusion.”
haemophiliacs
  1. (British spelling) plural of haemophiliac
haemophilias
hemophiliacs
  1. plural of hemophiliac
  2. Examples:
    1. “Because of this deficiency, hemophiliacs are susceptible to serious blood loss following minor cuts or tooth extraction.”
      “The deposits called cryoprecipitates are found to have much greater clotting power than plasma and given to hemophiliacs to stop bleeding episodes.”
      “The products were generally used to treat hemophiliacs, but they were also used as coagulating agents for treating newborns and traffic-accident victims, the officials said.”
hemophilias
hemophilics
  1. plural of hemophilic
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