hemosiderosis

noun

he·​mo·​sid·​er·​o·​sis ˌhē-mō-​ˌsi-d​ə-​ˈrō-​səs 

: the excessive deposition of hemosiderin in bodily tissues (as of the liver, spleen, or lungs) that typically results from bleeding, the breakdown of red blood cells, or repeated transfusions and is usually not accompanied by tissue damage

With pulmonary hemosiderosis, iron escapes and deposits occur in lung cells from a bleeding there.

—Paul G. Donohue

She also developed pancytopenia and required repeated transfusions that resulted in hemosiderosis.

—Ellen Sidransky et al.

Word History

Etymology

hemosider(in) + -osis

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hemosiderosis

noun

he·​mo·​sid·​er·​o·​sis

variants or chiefly British haemosiderosis

-ˌsid-ə-ˈrō-səs 

plural hemosideroses -ˌsēz 

: excessive deposition of hemosiderin in bodily tissues as a result of the breakdown of red blood cells compare hemochromatosis

hemosiderotic adjective

or chiefly British haemosiderotic

-ˈrät-ik