antihemophilic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
Example Sentences
- "Classical hemophilia, often referred to as hemophilia A, results from a lack of antihemophilic globulin, or factor A. This is a sex-linked hereditary disease carried by females but affecting only male children. Hemophilia B results from a lack of plasma thromboplastin component, or antihemophilic factor B, and is also called Christmas disease. It is usually considered to have less serious potential than hemophilia A."
Etymology
From anti- + hemophilic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more antihemophilic (comparative)
most antihemophilic (superlative)