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BRONZED DIABETES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bronzed diabetes mean?
• BRONZED DIABETES (noun)
The noun BRONZED DIABETES has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: BRONZED DIABETES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bronzed diabetes; hemochromatosis; iron-storage disease; iron overload
Hypernyms ("bronzed diabetes" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bronzed diabetes"):
classic hemochromatosis; idiopathic hemochromatosis (inherited form of hemochromatosis)
acquired hemochromatosis (hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing iron)
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