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acquired

[ə′kwīrd]

(biology)

Not present at birth, but developed by an individual in response to the environment and not subject to hereditary transmission.

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The group most at risk of experiencing these rates of bleeding may include patients with uncontrolled hypertension, impaired renal function, cancer, bacterial endocarditis, or congenital or acquired bleeding disorders.

Too thin for comfort: a red-blooded medical challenge: creating a safer treatment to counteract the effect of blood thinners

Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment is important in this potentially life threatening acquired bleeding disorder.

Acquired hemophilia: a clinical experience

She also has a keen interest in inherited and acquired bleeding disorders in children.

Bleeding in children with cancer: bleeding is characteristic of many types and stages of childhood cancer