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hemochomatosis

hemochomatosis is the misspelling of hemochromatosis.

Meaning of hemochromatosis

Noun

hemochromatosis (countable and uncountable, plural hemochromatoses)

  1. A metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body.
    • Sometimes, it’s not the potential for big profits that restricts access to a gene test, but just the opposite-lack of commercial incentive. In 1996, a Stanford University research team found the gene for hemochromatosis, a little-known disease in which the blood absorbs abnormally high levels of...2001, Arthur Allen, “Who Owns My Disease?”, in Mother Jones

Questions about hemochomatosis

What is hemochomatosis the misspelling of?
Hemochomatosis is the misspelling of hemochromatosis.

Words near hemochomatosis in the dictionary

  1. hemocatharsis
  2. hemocathartic
  3. hemoccult
  4. hemocel
  5. hemocels
  6. hemochomatosis
  7. hemochorial
  8. hemochorioendothelial
  9. hemochorionic
  10. hemochromatoses
  11. hemochromatosis

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