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Christmas disease — Christ·mas disease kris məs n a hereditary sex linked hemorrhagic disease involving absence of a coagulation factor in the blood and failure of the clotting mechanism called also hemophilia B compare HEMOPHILIA Christmas Stephen British child… … Medical dictionary
Christmas disease — haemophilia B a disorder that is identical in its effects to haemophilia A, but is due to a deficiency of a different blood coagulation factor, the Christmas factor (Factor IX). [S. Christmas (20th century), in whom the factor was first… … The new mediacal dictionary
Christmas disease — noun a form of haemophilia caused by deficiency of a blood clotting factor (Factor IX) different from the one usually implicated in the disease. Origin 1950s: Christmas, from the surname of the first patient studied … English new terms dictionary
Christmas disease — Pathol. a hereditary disease characterized by an inability of the blood to clot because of a deficiency of a coagulation factor. [1952; after S. Christmas, the first sufferer from the disease to be examined in detail] * * * … Universalium
Christmas disease — Congenital deficiency of blood clotting factor IX (first described in the Christmas issue of British Medical J., 1952). Inherited in similar sex linked way to classical haemophilia … Dictionary of molecular biology
Christmas disease — noun a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX • Syn: ↑hemophilia B, ↑haemophilia B • Hypernyms: ↑hemophilia, ↑haemophilia, ↑bleeder s disease … Useful english dictionary
factor IX — nīn n a clotting factor whose absence is associated with Christmas disease called also autoprothrombin II, Christmas factor * * * a coagulation factor normally present in blood. Deficiency of the factor results in haemophilia B. * * * see under… … Medical dictionary
Болезнь Кристмаса (Christmas Disease) — заболевание, сходное по своим симптомам с гемофилией, однако причиной его развития служит дефицит другого свертывающего фактора крови фактора Кристмаса (Christmas factor) (фактор IX). Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
Factor IX — Coagulation factor IX PDB rendering based on 1pfx … Wikipedia
Christmas (disambiguation) — Contents 1 People 1.1 Fictional characters 2 Places 3 … Wikipedia
