Hemophilia /(hē`mȧ*fĭl"ĭ*ȧ [or] hĕm`ȧ*fĭl"ĭ*ȧ)/

Hem·o·phil·i·a

Hemophilia

n.
  1. A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males; there are several specific forms. It may be treated by administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly termed Hematophilia. (Med.)