hemophiliac
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hemophiliac
First recorded in 1895–1900; hemophili(a) + -ac
Example Sentences
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A hemophiliac, he died after a bad fall in 2017.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2022
One of them, he told the Times, was Czarevitch Alexei, “the little boy who was the most famous hemophiliac in history.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2019
Aaron's Blood A father hunts for a cure when he suspects his hemophiliac son is becoming a vampire after a blood transfusion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2017
An intriguing slice of medical history is dramatized in Karen Hartman’s new play, about the father of hemophiliac sons and the pediatrician trying to save them, on stage at Seattle Rep through Nov. 13.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2016
Slavin was born a hemophiliac in the 1950s, when the only available treatment involved infusions of clotting factors from donor blood, which wasn’t screened for diseases.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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