haemophilic
Britishadjective
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of, relating to, or affected by haemophilia
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(of bacteria) growing well in a culture medium containing blood
Example Sentences
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Now it happens that from the haemophilic House of Hesse-Darmstadt have sprung the last of the Russian Tsarinas, Alexandra, and the present Queen Victoria Eug�nie of Spain.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is now carried on by a spectral corporation, losing circulation at the same rate a haemophilic loses blood.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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