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Meaning of "Christmas disease" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHRISTMAS DISEASE

Named after S. Christmas, the first patient suffering from the disease who was examined in detail.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHRISTMAS DISEASE

Christmas disease play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHRISTMAS DISEASE

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determiner
exclamation
Christmas disease is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS DISEASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Haemophilia B

Haemophilia B is a blood clotting disorder caused by a mutation of the Factor IX gene, leading to a deficiency of Factor IX. It is the second most common form of haemophilia, rarer than haemophilia A. It is sometimes called Christmas disease, named after Stephen Christmas, the first patient described with this disease. In addition, the first report of its identification was published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal.

Definition of Christmas disease in the English dictionary

The definition of Christmas disease in the dictionary is a relatively mild type of haemophilia, caused by lack of a protein implicated in the process of blood clotting.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHRISTMAS DISEASE

Christmas box
Christmas bush
Christmas cactus
Christmas cake
Christmas card
Christmas carol
Christmas cracker
Christmas Day
Christmas decorations
Christmas dinner
Christmas Eve
Christmas factor
Christmas hamper
Christmas Island
Christmas lights
Christmas ornament
Christmas party
Christmas present
Christmas pudding
Christmas rose

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHRISTMAS DISEASE

Alzheimer´s disease
Chagas´ disease
coeliac disease
coronary heart disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Crohn´s disease
degenerative joint disease
disease
diverticular disease
ease
gum disease
heart disease
Huntington´s disease
infectious disease
kidney disease
Lyme disease
motor neuron disease
Paget´s disease
Parkinson´s disease
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skin disease

Synonyms and antonyms of Christmas disease in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Christmas disease» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHRISTMAS DISEASE

Find out the translation of Christmas disease to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Christmas disease from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Christmas disease» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圣诞疾病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermedad de Navidad
570 millions of speakers

English

Christmas disease
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रिसमस रोग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المرض عيد الميلاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Рождество болезнь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doença Natal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রিসমাস রোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladie de Christmas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyakit Krismas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weihnachts Krankheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クリスマス病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

크리스마스 질환
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penyakit Natal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh Giáng sinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிறிஸ்துமஸ் நோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ख्रिसमस रोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Noel hastalığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malattia di Christmas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

choroba święta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Різдво хвороба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boala Crăciun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νόσος Christmas
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kersfees siekte
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Christmas sjukdom
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Jule sykdom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Christmas disease

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRISTMAS DISEASE»

The term «Christmas disease» is used very little and occupies the 154.056 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRISTMAS DISEASE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Christmas disease

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRISTMAS DISEASE»

Discover the use of Christmas disease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Christmas disease and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A-Z of Syndromes and Inherited Disorders: A Manual for ...
Christmas disease is one of the bleeding disorders, of which haemophilia A is the best known. For proper clotting of the blood following injury a number of 'factors' are necessary. In Christmas disease the factor that is deficient is factor IX.
Patricia Gilbert, 2000
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The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse: A Chronicle of ...
Today, people who operate chainsaws on a day-to-day basis—say, workers in the forestry industry or Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre—tend to be the primary victims. CHRISTMAS DISEASE No, this illness is not caused by ...
Nancy Butcher, 2004
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The Bleeding Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended ...
Biggs et al., “Christmas Disease: A Condition Previously Mistaken for Haemophilia,” quotes on p. 1382. 44. On the evolving relation between disease identity and treatment in this era, see Keith Wailoo, Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease ...
Stephen Pemberton, 2011
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Genetics
Reduced factor VIII clotting activity with normal von Willebrand factor is a finding in which one of the following? (A) von Willebrand disease (B) hemophilia B (C) Christmas disease (D) hemophilia A 2. A gene inversion, called a "flip" inversion,  ...
Ronald W. Dudek, 2009
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Factor VIII - von WIllebrand Factor
Barrow, E. M. and Graham, J. D., Blood coagulation factor VIII (antihaemophilic factor): with comments on von Willebrand's disease and Christmas disease, Physiol. Rev., 54, 23, 1974. 9. Holmberg, L., Genetic studies in a family with testicular ...
M. J. Seghatchian, G. F. Savidge, 1989
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Biological Aspects of Occlusive Vascular Disease
... typical bleeding of Christmas disease patients such as haemarthrosis, ? Koller. I think that during treatment with anticoagulants we will not produce a decrease of factor IX to zero, or almost to zero as is the case of severe Christmas disease; ...
University of Cambridge. School of Post-graduate Medical Teaching and Clinical Research, 1964
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Textbook Of Practical Physiology - 2Nd Edn.
Thrombasthenia • Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Conditions in which CT is prolonged in the presence of normal BT are: • Hemophilia • Christmas disease • Any bleeding disorder in which clotting factors are deficient. Hemophilia ...
G.K. & Pal, Pal, Pravati, 2006
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White Coat Tales: Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures
Christmas Disease Christmas Disease, also known as hemophilia B, is a genetically transmitted clotting disorder involving factor IX. It takes its name from Stephen Christmas, youngest of the seven patients described in the initial report of the ...
Robert B. Taylor, 2010
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Pediatric Medical Student
OG What factors are deficient in Classic hemophilia, Christmas disease, and von Willebrand's disease, respectively? Classic hemophilia: Factor VIII. Christmas disease: Factor IX. Willebrand's disease: Factor VIIIc + von Willebrand's cofactor.
Peter Emblad, Scott H. Plantz, 2004
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Advances in Pediatrics
Hemophilia A (Classic hemophilia) and B (Christmas disease) are inherited, X- linked, recessive disorders resulting in deficiency of functional plasma coagulation factor VIII and IX respectively and are more common, besides other factor ...
Anupam Sachdeva, A. K. Dutta, Mahaveer P. Jain, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHRISTMAS DISEASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Christmas disease is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gambia celebrates World Blood Donor Day June 2015 Give the gift …
For instance, it is used in the treatment of haemophilia and for treating sufferers of Christmas disease, a life-threatening form of haemophilia. «The Point, Jun 15»
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Baxter Provides Update on BAX 335 Trial Ahead of Spin-Off
Hemophilia B (or Christmas disease) is a rare genetic disorder in which an individual's blood does not clot properly. The bodies of patients ... «Zacks.com, Jun 15»
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Baxter Provides Progress Update on Gene Therapy Program …
Hemophilia B is the second most common type of hemophilia (also known as Christmas disease) and is the result of insufficient amounts of ... «Business Wire, Feb 15»
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Lincoln County family faces rare disease
Hemophilia B, also called factor IX deficiency or Christmas disease, is a genetic disorder caused by missing or defective factor IX, a clotting ... «Ruidoso News, Feb 15»
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Brave boy in haemophilia battle
... clotting factor 8 in the blood; haemophilia B, also known as Christmas Disease, occurs when there is not enough clotting factor 9 in the blood. «NEWS.com.au, Oct 14»
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Pfizer Announces Positive Top-Line Results From Phase 3 Study Of …
Hemophilia B is also called congenital factor IX deficiency or Christmas disease. People with hemophilia face specific risks and need to be ... «MarketWatch, Jul 14»
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To Your Good Health : Platelet-rich plasma injection shows promise …
Q: I have a bone-on-bone ankle and I have a blood disorder, Christmas disease (factor 9 deficiency), which makes an operation more difficult. «Columbus Dispatch, May 14»
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For a flight of fancy, try an eponym
Christmas disease is named after Stephen Christmas, the young boy who in 1952 became the first person to be diagnosed with haemophilia B. «Marlborough Express, Mar 14»
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Midday Glance: Pharmaceuticals companies
Hemophilia B is the second most common type of hemophilia (also known as Christmas disease) and is the result of insufficient amounts of ... «4-traders, Dec 13»
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Is Christmas good for your Bipolar disorder?
However, the letter refers to a patient with bipolar disorder and Haemophilia B (a genetic illness also known as Christmas disease, named after ... «PsychCentral.com, Dec 13»

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