hemophilia a

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   hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men

   Synonymshaemophilia Aclassical hemophiliaclassical haemophilia

   Broaderhemophilia

Questions about hemophilia a

What does hemophilia a mean?

hemophilia a means "hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men".

What is another word for hemophilia a?

Close synonyms include haemophilia A, classical hemophilia, classical haemophilia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hemophilia a a common word?

hemophilia a is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.