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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A form of hemachromatosis in which hemosiderin is deposited in the tissues or organs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) The accumulation of abnormal amounts of hemosiderin in the tisssues. Several causes have been recognized.

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  • noun pathology An abnormal deposit of hemosiderin.

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  • noun abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis

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  • Excessive therapy with parenteral iron can lead to excess storage of iron with the possibility of iatrogenic hemosiderosis.

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  • If you're an older man, you should not have a supplement with iron because iron accumulates in the heart and can lead to a condition called hemosiderosis.

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  • Excessive therapy with parenteral iron can lead to excess storage of iron with the possibility of iatrogenic hemosiderosis.

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