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
   • She flips another page and says, “Oh, now this is interesting.” Apparently I carry one of the two genetic mutations required to develop hemochromatosis, an iron-overload disorder that destroys the liver.2005, Michael Rosenwald, “Will You Be Able to Predict—And Prevent—Your Disease?”, in Popular Science, volume 267, number 3, page 63

   Synonyms:

   bronze diabetes, Celtic curse