Christmas disease
noun
,
Pathology
1.
a hereditary disease characterized by an inability of the blood to clot because of a deficiency of a coagulation factor.
Origin
1952;
after S.
Christmas,
the first sufferer from the disease to be examined in detail
British Dictionary definitions for
Christmas disease
Christmas disease
noun
1.
a relatively mild type of haemophilia, caused by lack of a protein (
Christmas factor
) implicated in the process of blood clotting
Word Origin
C20: named after S.
Christmas,
the first patient suffering from the disease who was examined in detail
Christmas disease
in Medicine
Christmas disease
Christ·mas disease (krĭs'məs)
n.
See
hemophilia B
.