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Definition of Hemochromatosis
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Specialized synonyms: Classic Hemochromatosis, Idiopathic Hemochromatosis, Acquired Hemochromatosis
Definition of Hemochromatosis
1. Noun. (context: diseases) a metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body, also called bronze diabetes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hemochromatosis
1. [n -TOSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemochromatosis
Literary usage of Hemochromatosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"THE clinical and pathological features of hemochromatosis were presented before
this Association in 1899 by Dr. Opie,2 who reported a fatal case of the ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1921)
"Poisoning with smaller doses continued over a much longer time would probably
cause lesions in other organs. Proof that hemochromatosis is due to poisoning ..."
3. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, and pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1912)
"cirrhosis of the liver, hemochromatosis, Graves' disease, ... hemochromatosis Von
Recklinghausen,1 under the term " hemochromatosis," describes a condition ..."
4. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"hemochromatosis indicates a pigmentation of the skin and viscera associated with
hypertrophic cirrhosis of the ..."
5. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1919)
"creas presumably due to the deposition of the pigment, and is that part of the
picture of hemochromatosis? Usually cases of hemochromatosis when they ..."
6. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum, Harry Gideon Wells (1907)
"Under the heading of local hemochromatosis, von Recklinghausen grouped such
conditions as brown atrophy of the heart, and pigmentation of the intestinal ..."
7. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"hemochromatosis.74—This name was given by von Recklinghausen to a condition ...
Under the heading of local hemochromatosis, von Recklinghausen grouped such ..."
8. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Crosby WH: hemochromatosis: Current concepts and management. Hosp Practice
22:173-92, 1987 33. Edwards CQ, Kushner JP: Screening for hemochromatosis. ..."
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