antihemophilic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ hemophilic.

Adjective

antihemophilic (comparative more antihemophilic, superlative most antihemophilic)

  1. (medicine) That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
    • 1983, J. David Cummins, Barry D. Smith, R. Neil Vance, Jack L. VanDerhei, Risk Classification in Life Insurance (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance, and Economic Security; 1)‎[1], Dordrecht: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 159:
      Classical hemophilia, often referred to as hemophilia A, results from a lack of antihemophilic globulin, or factor A. This is a sex-linked hereditary disease carried by females but affecting only male children. Hemophilia B results from a lack of plasma thromboplastin component, or antihemophilic factor B, and is also called Christmas disease. It is usually considered to have less serious potential than hemophilia A.

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