Definition of Hemosiderosis

1. Noun. Abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis.

Exact synonyms: Haemosiderosis
Generic synonyms: Symptom

Definition of Hemosiderosis

1. Noun. (pathology) An abnormal deposit of hemosiderin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemosiderosis

hemorrhagic cyst
hemorrhagic fever
hemorrhagic septicemia
hemorrhagic stroke
hemorrhagically
hemorrhaging
hemorrhoid
hemorrhoidal
hemorrhoidal vein
hemorrhoidals
hemorrhoidectomies
hemorrhoidectomy
hemorrhoids
hemosiderin
hemosiderins
hemosiderosis (current term)
hemostases
hemostasia
hemostasis
hemostat
hemostatic
hemostatics
hemostats
hemotaphonomy
hemothorax
hemotoxic
hemotoxicity
hemotoxin
hemotoxins

Literary usage of Hemosiderosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"hemosiderosis, defined as alveolar and/or interstitial distribution of ... Thus, to classify a patient as having hemosiderosis beyond the repair period of ..."

2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1902)
"Fatty infiltration, slight hemosiderosis. Bone- marrow. Megaloblastic, no lymphoid areas in fatty marrow. Hemolymph Glands. See below. Pathologic Diagnosis. ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"hemosiderosis, with Reference to the Normal and Pathologic Histology of the Spleen. (lf-152) <lf-152> Siderosis is defined as an iron deposit of exogenous ..."

4. The Medical Aspects of Mustard Gas Poisoning by Aldred Scott Warthin, Carl Vernon Weller (1919)
"The splenic hemosiderosis also bore a definite relationship to the number of ... However, since hemosiderosis of the spleen is not an uncommon finding in ..."

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