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hemophilic /he·mo·phil·ic/ (-fil´ik)
1. having an affinity for blood; in bacteriology, growing well in culture media containing blood or having a nutritional affinity for constituents of fresh blood.
2. pertaining to or characterized by hemophilia.

he·mo·phil·ic (hm-flk)
adj.
1. Of or affected by hemophilia.
2. Growing well in blood or in a culture medium containing blood. Used of certain bacteria.

hemophilic.

hemophilic [he″mo-fil´ik]
1. pertaining to hemophilia.
2. in bacteriology, growing well on culture media containing blood or having a nutritional requirement for constituents of fresh blood.

hemophilic
1. pertaining to hemophilia.
2. in bacteriology, growing well on culture media containing blood or having a nutritional requirement for constituents of fresh blood.

hemophilic arthropathy
bleeding into a joint due to hemophilia.


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DIAGNOSIS Bleeding diathesis with hemophilic arthropathy DISCUSSION There are 2 major types of hemophilia: hemophilia A (classic hemophilia), which is a functional deficiency of Factor VIII of the intrinsic pathway of coagulation; and hemophilia B (Christmas disease), which is a functional deficiency of Factor IX of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation.
Discussion Acute CTS has been described in wrist trauma, (2) hemophilic disorders, (3) as a complication of oral anticoagulant therapy, (4) in some rheumatologic disorders, (5) and in a variety of infections.
The period of time is also quite large, ranging from medieval times (Jean Pierre Benezet's study of a hundred apothecaries' inventories from Mediterranean countries in the XIIIth-XVIth centuries) to contempor ary cures of hemophilic and HIV patients.
 
 
 
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