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
Examples of hemophiliac in a Sentence
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Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
In the interim, half of American hemophiliacs, and many others, were infected with HIV by blood transfusions, leading to more than 4,000 deaths.
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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.
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Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2024
Cases also surfaced among those who inject drugs, hemophiliacs and Haitians.
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Ema Sasic,
USA TODAY,
30 Apr. 2023
But a hemophiliac’s FVIII levels tend to vary, and could even change from the time the blood is drawn to the time the test results come back.
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IEEE Spectrum,
9 Jan. 2018
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.
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Bruce D. Walker,
Scientific American,
1 July 2012
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Adjective
That same year, Ryan White, a hemophiliac teenager with AIDS in Indiana, was prevented from returning to school after his diagnosis, and his family had to move after someone shot into their home.
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Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
Noun
That same year, Ryan White, a hemophiliac teenager with AIDS in Indiana, was prevented from returning to school after his diagnosis, and his family had to move after someone shot into their home.
—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
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
Cases also surfaced among those who inject drugs, hemophiliacs and Haitians.
—
Ema Sasic,
USA TODAY,
30 Apr. 2023
But a hemophiliac’s FVIII levels tend to vary, and could even change from the time the blood is drawn to the time the test results come back.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Jan. 2018
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
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“Hemophiliac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemophiliac. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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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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