he|mo|chro|ma|to|sis

he|mo|chro|ma|to|sis
he|mo|chro|ma|to|sis «HEE muh KROH muh TOH sihs, HEHM uh-», noun.
a disease characterized by a bronzing of the skin, cirrhosis, and often diabetes, caused by the absorption of an excessive amount of iron by the bloodstream and the deposition of a hematogenous pigment, usually hemosiderin, in the liver and in other organs and tissues; bronze diabetes.
[< hemo- + chromat- + -osis]

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