von willebrand's disease

1. 1.

   a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding

   Synonymsangiohemophiliavascular hemophilia

   Broaderhemophilia

Questions about von willebrand's disease

What does von willebrand's disease mean?

von willebrand's disease means "a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding".

What is another word for von willebrand's disease?

Close synonyms include angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia. 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 von willebrand's disease a common word?

von willebrand's disease 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.