BRONZED DIABETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronzed diabetes mean? 

• BRONZED DIABETES (noun)
  The noun BRONZED DIABETES has 1 sense:

1. pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints

  Familiarity information: BRONZED DIABETES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONZED DIABETES (noun)

Meaning:

Pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bronzed diabetes; hemochromatosis; iron overload; iron-storage disease

Hypernyms ("bronzed diabetes" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bronzed diabetes"):

classic hemochromatosis; idiopathic hemochromatosis (inherited form of hemochromatosis)

acquired hemochromatosis (hemochromatosis resulting from repeated transfusions or from excessive intake of foods containing iron)