different between hemochromatosis vs hemosiderosis

English

Alternative forms

• (with the long stem of hemat-) haematochromatosis, hæmatochromatosis, hematochromatosis
• (with the short stem of hem-) haemochromatosis, hæmochromatosis

Etymology

From hemo- (“blood”) +? chromat- (“color”) +? -osis (“disease”), from the changing color of blood affected by the disorder.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?'m?kr?'m?t??s?s, IPA^(key): /?hi?m?(?)?k???m??t??s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s
• Hyphenation: he?mo?chro?ma?to?sis

Noun

hemochromatosis (countable and uncountable, plural hemochromatoses)

1. (medicine) A metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body, also called bronze diabetes.

Related terms

• hemochromatotic

Hypernyms

• hyperferremia

Translations

Further reading

• hemochromatosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hemochromatosis at OneLook Dictionary Search
• hemochromatosis, haemochromatosis at Google Ngram Viewer

English

Alternative forms

• haemosiderosis
• hæmosiderosis

Etymology

hemosiderin +? -osis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hi?m??s?d?????s?s/

Noun

hemosiderosis (usually uncountable, plural hemosideroses)

1. (pathology) An abnormal deposit of hemosiderin

Translations

• Italian: emosiderosi (it) f