English

Alternative spellings
haemachromatosis

Etymology
Gr. αίμα (aima > haemo-, "blood") + ���μα (khróma > chroma-, "color") + ����ι� (ptosis > tosis, "falling"), from the changing color of blood affected by the disorder

Noun
en-noun|pl=hemochromatoses

1. context|diseases a metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body

Translations
French: hématochromatose f

zh:hemochromatosis

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