English Dictionary

hemochromatosis

/ˌhiːmə(ʊ)ˌkɹəʊməˈtəʊsɪs/

noun

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

Hemochromatosis is a hereditary disorder that causes the body to absorb too much iron from the diet.

意味（1）

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

Sometimes, it’s not the potential for big profits that restricts access to a gene test, but just the opposite-lack of commercial incentive. In 1996, a Stanford University research team found the gene for hemochromatosis, a little-known disease in which the blood absorbs abnormally high levels of iron from the diet.