hemophiliac
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hemophiliac
First recorded in 1895–1900; hemophili(a) + -ac
Example Sentences
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He chased Warren Beatty around for an interview before “Bonnie and Clyde” came out in 1967, eventually writing for Esquire, “Interviewing Warren is like asking a hemophiliac for a pint of blood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
A hemophiliac, he died after a bad fall in 2017.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
Nor did he display any “miraculous” abilities when it came to the hemophiliac boy.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2016
When Roz first notices reports in several medical journals about then-unnamed HIV potentially infecting hemophiliac patients, she’s wracked with indecision.
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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