hyperferricemia en · NOUN
Etymology
From hyper- + ferric + -emia.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.
The anemia was characterized by hypochromasia of the erythrocytes, hyperferricemia, absence of hemolysis, and hyperplastic, ineffective, sideroblastic erythropoiesis of the bone marrow.
1976, Excerpta medica. Section 25: Hematology, volume 14, page 335:A defect in ALAS2 results in X-linked sideroblastic anemia, which is characterized by hypochromic microcytic anemia that frequently is detected in childhood, hemochromatosis that leads to death at a relatively young age, hyperferricemia, increased peripheral siderocytes after splenectomy, and reduced protoporphyrin levels in the microcytes.
2006, Julia A. McMillan, Oski's Pediatrics: Principles & Practice, page 2357:Deaths from hemochromatosis plus hyperferricemia have been reported.
1986, Kenneth L. Garver, Genetic Counseling for Clinicians, page 130:
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hemochromatosis · hemosiderosis · siderosis