Christmas disease

Christmas disease Word Origin noun Pathology.

1. a hereditary disease characterized by an inability of the blood to clot because of a deficiency of a coagulation factor.

Origin of Christmas disease 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 for Christmas disease C20: named after S. Christmas, the first patient suffering from the disease who was examined in detail christmas disease in Medicine Christmas disease [krĭs′məs] n.

1. hemophilia B