IRON-STORAGE DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron-storage disease mean? 

• IRON-STORAGE DISEASE (noun)
  The noun IRON-STORAGE DISEASE 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-STORAGE DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRON-STORAGE DISEASE (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-storage disease" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iron-storage disease"):

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 

Pentetic acid (DTPA) has strong affinity for iron but also shows affinities for other heavy metals, thereby is used in the treatment of iron-storage disease and poisoning from heavy and radioactive metals.

(Pentetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)