IDIOPATHIC HEMOCHROMATOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does idiopathic hemochromatosis mean? 

• IDIOPATHIC HEMOCHROMATOSIS (noun)
  The noun IDIOPATHIC HEMOCHROMATOSIS has 1 sense:

1. inherited form of hemochromatosis

  Familiarity information: IDIOPATHIC HEMOCHROMATOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDIOPATHIC HEMOCHROMATOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inherited form of hemochromatosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

classic hemochromatosis; idiopathic hemochromatosis

Hypernyms ("idiopathic hemochromatosis" is a kind of...):

bronzed diabetes; hemochromatosis; iron-storage disease; iron overload (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)