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hemophiliac

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he·mo·phil·i·ac (hm-fl-k, -fl-)
n.
A person who is affected with hemophilia.

hemophiliac
[-fē′lē·ak]
Etymology: Gk, haima, blood, philein, to love
a person who has inherited the bleeding disease hemophilia. Also spelled haemophiliac.

hemophiliac
an animal affected with hemophilia.


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Hamdan is a hemophiliac and has to avoid activities that most take for granted - even a game of soccer or an enthusiastic slap on the back could prove life-threatening.
and Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon joins DBAJ after working as a Senior Staff Member at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University Hospital at Maastricht (azM) in the Netherlands for the last 9 years where he was affiliated to the hemophiliac treatment center and the department of rheumatology performing over 900 primary and revision total knee replacements besides more than 300 knee reconstructions for sports medicine.
Malia, a hemophiliac who owns a specialty pharmacy dedicated to blood disorders, is very well known and received by the waitresses at the clubs he frequents.
 
 
 
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