Pseudohemophilia
//ˌsudoʊˌhiːməˈfiːliə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several disorders of prolonged blood clotting time, seeming clinically similar to the hemophilias, but pathophysiologically different therefrom, without the same clotting factor derangements as found therein; at least some of these disorders are types of von Willebrand disease, and nowadays would be called and diagnosed thus. countable, dated, uncountable
"On examining hemostasis, the only consistent abnormal laboratory finding was a prolonged bleeding time, so that the hemorrhagic disorder fell into the group of so-called pseudohemophilias."
Example
More examples"On examining hemostasis, the only consistent abnormal laboratory finding was a prolonged bleeding time, so that the hemorrhagic disorder fell into the group of so-called pseudohemophilias."
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: pseudo- + hemophilia.
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