hemosiderosis
noun
he·mo·sid·er·o·sis
ˌhē-mō-ˌsi-də-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
Paul G. DonohueShe also developed pancytopenia and required repeated transfusions that resulted in hemosiderosis.—Ellen Sidransky et al.
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hemosiderosis
noun
he·mo·sid·er·o·sis
variants
or chiefly British haemosiderosis
plural hemosideroses
-ˌsēz
: excessive deposition of hemosiderin in bodily tissues as a result of the breakdown of red blood cells compare hemochromatosis
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