von willebrand's disease

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noun von willebrand's disease an inherited autosomal recessive disease in which abnormally slow coagulation of blood may lead to spontaneous bleeding, excessive bleeding following an injury, and heavy menstrual flow. 1
noun von willebrand's disease (medicine) An hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity. 0

before 1940

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1940-45; after Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870-1949), Finnish physician

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