a disorder of iron metabolism, characterized by a bronze-colored skin pigmentation, liver dysfunction, an excess of iron in body organs, and diabetes mellitus
Word origin
hemo- + chromato- + -osis
hemochromatosis in American English
(ˌhiməˌkrouməˈtousɪs, ˌhemə-)
noun
Pathology
a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, esp. of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron
Also called: bronze diabetes
Derived forms
hemochromatotic (ˌhimouˌkrouməˈtɑtɪk, ˌhemou-)
adjective
Word origin
[1895–1900; hemo- + chromat- + -osis]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, calling card, flamenco, frame of reference, freewheelhemo- is a combining form meaning “blood,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix hemo- include: hemochrome, hemocoel, hemodynamics, hemolysin, hemosiderin; -osis is a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis)
Examples of 'hemochromatosis' in a sentence
hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis is a genetic condition passed on from your parents.