he·mo·phil·i·ac
ˌhē-mə-ˈfi-lē-ˌak 
: of, resembling, or affected with a blood defect that is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood : of, resembling, or affected with hemophilia
: one affected with a blood defect that is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood : one affected with hemophilia
called also bleeder
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Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
In the interim, half of American hemophiliacs, and many others, were infected with HIV by blood transfusions, leading to more than 4,000 deaths.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
The offer doesn’t apply to candidates who are currently ill, have tested positive test for HIV, are a hemophiliac, have had viral hepatitis B or hepatitis C or certain types of cancer or are under the age of 17.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
Victoria’s previous visit to the Riviera, in 1887, had been to Cannes to see the Church of St. George built in memory of her son Leopold—the hemophiliac and mild epileptic—who died there in 1884.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
Cases also surfaced among those who inject drugs, hemophiliacs and Haitians.
—Ema Sasic, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
In those days, nearly all hemophiliacs were HIV-positive because they were infused repeatedly with blood products agglomerated from thousands of donors—none of whom were screened for HIV until the mid- to late 1980s.
—Bruce D. Walker, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac.
—Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 19 May 2022
Miller stars as rich 16-year-old hemophiliac Tucker Bryant, one of the earliest patients of Hamptons concierge doctor Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein).
—Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
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When exactly Ryan received the contaminated dosage of Factor VIII is unknown, but that batch was later found to have infected 6,000 to 10,000 hemophiliacs in the United States with HIV.
—Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
In the interim, half of American hemophiliacs, and many others, were infected with HIV by blood transfusions, leading to more than 4,000 deaths.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
The offer doesn’t apply to candidates who are currently ill, have tested positive test for HIV, are a hemophiliac, have had viral hepatitis B or hepatitis C or certain types of cancer or are under the age of 17.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
Victoria’s previous visit to the Riviera, in 1887, had been to Cannes to see the Church of St. George built in memory of her son Leopold—the hemophiliac and mild epileptic—who died there in 1884.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
Cases also surfaced among those who inject drugs, hemophiliacs and Haitians.
—Ema Sasic, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
In those days, nearly all hemophiliacs were HIV-positive because they were infused repeatedly with blood products agglomerated from thousands of donors—none of whom were screened for HIV until the mid- to late 1980s.
—Bruce D. Walker, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac.
—Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 19 May 2022
Miller stars as rich 16-year-old hemophiliac Tucker Bryant, one of the earliest patients of Hamptons concierge doctor Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein).
—Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
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“Hemophiliac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemophiliac. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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hemophiliac
1 of 2 adjective
he·mo·phil·i·ac
variants
or chiefly British haemophiliac
: of, resembling, or affected with hemophilia
hemophiliac
2 of 2 noun
variants
or chiefly British haemophiliac
: one affected with hemophilia
called also bleeder
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