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haemophilic

/ ˌhiːməʊˈfɪlɪk, ˌhɛm- /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or affected by haemophilia

  2. (of bacteria) growing well in a culture medium containing blood

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At Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, molecular biologist Narine Hakobyan has found about half a dozen biomarkers in the blood of haemophilic mice that could signal very minor bleeds before damage occurs in the joint.

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Development of these pills depends on colonies of haemophilic dogs that serve as cooperative test subjects.

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It is now carried on by a spectral corporation, losing circulation at the same rate a haemophilic loses blood.

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Before clotting factor became widely available as a treatment, people with haemophilia rarely reached adulthood, so haemophilic joint disease was not on the radar of most research programmes.

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