A patient presents to the clinic complaining, "Every time I get even the tiniest cut, I bleed and bleed and bleed." The doctor suspects this patient has an inherited bleeding disorder that results from defective clotting proteins
This disease is called: A) anemia
B) hemophilia
C) AIDS
D) leukemia
B
Explanation: The patient is bleeding because of insufficient clotting factors to form the platelets. The word parts are hem/o, "blood," and -philia, "loving or affinity for." The other answers can be eliminated as follows: an/emia, "without blood"; lymph/oma, "lymph tumor"; leuk/emia, "white blood cell condition"; and AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
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