Hyperferricemia

Quick meaning: Hyperferricemia is a noun meaning (pathology, rare) The medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.

Meaning

(pathology, rare) The medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.

Example Sentences

Deaths from hemochromatosis plus hyperferricemia have been reported.

The anemia was characterized by hypochromasia of the erythrocytes, hyperferricemia, absence of hemolysis, and hyperplastic, ineffective, sideroblastic erythropoiesis of the bone marrow.

A defect in ALAS2 results in X-linked sideroblastic anemia, which is characterized by hypochromic microcytic anemia that frequently is detected in childhood, hemochromatosis that leads to death at a relatively young age, hyperferricemia, increased peripheral siderocytes after splenectomy, and reduced protoporphyrin levels in the microcytes.

Synonyms for hyperferricemia

Depending on context, synonyms include hyperferremia.

Antonyms for hyperferricemia

Common opposites include hypoferremia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hyperferraemia, hyperferritinemia, hyperferremia, hyperferritenemia, hyperferritinaemia, hypoferremia.

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