hemophilia
human genetic disease that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding
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Summary
hemophilia is an umbrella term[1]. hemophilia ranks in the top 3% of umbrella term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,880 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: rare disease[3], class of disease[4]
- Subclass of: inherited blood coagulation disease[5], coagulation factor deficiency[6], rare hemorrhagic disorder due to a constitutional coagulation factors defect[7]
- Commons category: Hemophilia[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Haemophilia[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3093[15]
- Health specialty: hematology[16]
- Genetic association: F8[17], F9[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[19]
Why It Matters
hemophilia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] hemophilia is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]