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noun
A metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bronze diabetes, Celtic curse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: iron-storage disease, iron overload, bronzed diabetes
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathology
Narrower terms: classic hemochromatosis, idiopathic hemochromatosis, acquired hemochromatosis
History
From hemo- (“blood”) + chromat- (“color”) + -osis (“disease”), from the changing color of blood affected by the disorder.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
