hemochromatosis
- n 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
- Tired? Achy? Lost your spark in bed? You may have hemochromatosis.
- It is an iron storage disorder called hemochromatosis, and it causes its victims, mostly male, to absorb too much iron.
- Physicians found that he had hemochromatosisa rare condition caused by excessive iron absorption through the intestines into the blood.