IRON OVERLOAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron overload mean? 

• IRON OVERLOAD (noun)
  The noun IRON OVERLOAD 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: IRON OVERLOAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRON OVERLOAD (noun)

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 ("iron overload" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iron overload"):

classic hemochromatosis; idiopathic hemochromatosis (inherited form of hemochromatosis)

acquired hemochromatosis (hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing iron)

 Context examples 

Hemosiderin (storage iron granules) may be present in areas of old hemorrhage or be deposited in tissues with iron overload.

(Iron Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Iron overload may be inherited, or it may be caused by blood transfusions.

(Iron overload, NCI Dictionary)

Observed in 35% to 100% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, high serum ferritin levels may be due to ferritin production by the tumor cells, or related to the associated iron overload and/or cirrhosis.

(I 131 Antiferritin Immunoglobulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called iron overload.

(Hemochromatosis, NCI Dictionary)