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von Willebrand's disease

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪləbrand/

Definition of von Willebrand's disease

noun

[mass noun] Medicine
  • an inherited disorder characterized by a tendency to bleed, caused by deficiency or abnormality of a plasma coagulation factor ( von Willebrand factor).

Origin:

1940s: named after Erik A. von Willebrand (1870–1949), Finnish physician

von Willebrand's disease in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of von Willebrand's disease in the US English dictionary