Bleeder's Disease (Noun)
Meaning
Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Hemophilia, also known as bleeder's disease, is a condition where a person's blood doesn't clot properly due to a genetic disorder.
- Since it's primarily passed down from mothers to sons, females usually don't have the symptoms of bleeder's disease but are carriers.
- Males are disproportionately affected by the inherited disorder bleeder's disease.
- If one parent is a carrier of the gene for bleeder's disease, their sons have a high chance of being born with it.
- Unfortunately for people suffering from bleeder's disease, their cuts may continue bleeding excessively.