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hemochromatosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌhiːmə(ʊ)ˌkɹəʊməˈtəʊsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • hē'mōkrō'mətōʹsĭs (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From hemo- (“blood”) + chromat- (“color”) + -osis (“disease”), from the changing color of blood affected by the disorder.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body.
    • Even if the two diseases in such a pair are clinically dissimilar, the primary pathophysiological events could overlap substantially (e.g., increased intestinal iron absorption in nutritional anemia and hemochromatosis). 2012, Mohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs, Alireza Ghaffari, Marios Loukas, Paul S. Agutter, “Rethinking the Origin of Chronic Diseases”, in BioScience, volume 62, number 5, Oxford UP, →DOI, page 470:
    • Sometimes, it’s not the potential for big profits that restricts access to a gene test, but just the opposite-lack of commercial incentive. In 1996, a Stanford University research team found the gene for hemochromatosis, a little-known disease in which the blood absorbs abnormally high levels of iron from the diet. 2001, Arthur Allen, “Who Owns My Disease?”, in Mother Jones:
    • She flips another page and says, “Oh, now this is interesting.” Apparently I carry one of the two genetic mutations required to develop hemochromatosis, an iron-overload disorder that destroys the liver. 2005, Michael Rosenwald, “Will You Be Able to Predict—And Prevent—Your Disease?”, in Popular Science, volume 267, number 3, page 63:

Forms

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Hypernyms

hyperferremia

Relateds

hemochromatotic

Synonyms

bronze diabetes · Celtic curse

Translations (16)

eo hemokromatozo (disorder) · es hemocromatosis (disorder) · de Hämochromatose (disorder) · cmn 血色沉着病 (disorder) · fr hématochromatose (disorder) · hu hemokromatózis (disorder) · cs hemochromatóza (disorder) · fi raudanvarastoitumistauti (disorder) · cmn 血色病 (disorder) · ca hemocromatosi (disorder) · sv hemokromatos (disorder) · ru гемохроматоз (disorder) · nl hemochromatose (disorder) · cmn 青銅色糖尿病 /青铜色糖尿病 (disorder) · pt hemocromatose (disorder) · cmn 血色沉著病 (disorder)