hemophilia b

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   a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX

   Synonymshaemophilia BChristmas disease

   Broaderhemophilia

Questions about hemophilia b

What does hemophilia b mean?

hemophilia b means "a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX".

What is another word for hemophilia b?

Close synonyms include haemophilia B, Christmas disease. 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 b a common word?

hemophilia b 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.