An abnormal susceptibility to bleeding, often referred to as a bleeding diathesis. A bleeding diathesis may be related to vascular, platelet and coagulation defects. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Hemorrhagic diathesis Bleeding diathesis Bleeding tendency
Term information
- SNOMEDCT_US:248250000
- UMLS:C1458140
- SNOMEDCT_US:64779008
This term is kept for historical reasons. If possible, a more exact description of the phenotype (i.e., whether there is a vascular, platelet and coagulation defect) should be attempted.
Term relations
- has part some (
increased amount and
characteristic of some hemorrhage and non-specified extravasation and
has modifier some abnormal)