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Noun: iron overload
  1. 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
    - hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease, bronzed diabetes

Derived forms: iron overloads

Type of: pathology

Encyclopedia: Iron overload

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