antihemophilic
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antihemophilic
1. effective against the bleeding tendency in hemophilia.
2. an agent that counteracts the bleeding tendency in hemophilia.
- a. factor (AHF) A — one of the clotting factors, deficiency of which causes von willebrand's disease and hemophilia A. Called also factor VIII and antihemophilic globulin.
- a. factor B — clotting factor IX.
- a. factor C — clotting factor XI.
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