iron overload

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iron overload - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  iron overload
      n 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 [syn: hemochromatosis, iron-storage disease,
           iron overload, bronzed diabetes]