Haemophilia
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a rare blood disease in which blood continues to flow after a cut or other injury because one of the substances which causes it to clot does not work correctly
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A medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced, causing the sufferer to bleed severely from even a slight injury. The condition is typically caused by a hereditary lack of a coagulation factor, most often factor VIII.
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