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hyperferricemia

hyperferricemia noun: the medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.

Noun

hyperferricemia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.
    • The anemia was characterized by hypochromasia of the erythrocytes, hyperferricemia, absence of hemolysis, and hyperplastic, ineffective, sideroblastic erythropoiesis of the bone marrow.1976, Excerpta medica. Section 25: Hematology, volume 14, page 335
    • Deaths from hemochromatosis plus hyperferricemia have been reported.1986, Kenneth L. Garver, Genetic Counseling for Clinicians, page 130
    Synonyms:
    hyperferremia

Synonyms of hyperferricemia

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Origin of hyperferricemia

From hyper- + ferric + -emia.

Questions about hyperferricemia

What does hyperferricemia mean?
Hyperferricemia means the medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.
What part of speech is hyperferricemia?
Hyperferricemia is a noun.

Words near hyperferricemia in the dictionary

  1. hyperferal
  2. hyperferraemia
  3. hyperferraemic
  4. hyperferremia
  5. hyperferremic
  6. hyperferricemia
  7. hyperferritenemia
  8. hyperferritinaemia
  9. hyperferritinemia
  10. hyperferritinemic
  11. hyperferroelectric

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