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ACQUIRED HEMOCHROMATOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acquired hemochromatosis mean? 

ACQUIRED HEMOCHROMATOSIS (noun)
  The noun ACQUIRED HEMOCHROMATOSIS has 1 sense:

1. hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing ironplay

  Familiarity information: ACQUIRED HEMOCHROMATOSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACQUIRED HEMOCHROMATOSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acquired hemochromatosis" is a kind of...):

bronzed diabetes; hemochromatosis; iron-storage disease; iron overload (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)


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