von Willebrand's disease
Meanings
noun
- An hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity.
Word forms
Etymology
Named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand, a Finnish physician who first described the disease in 1926.
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