primary hemochromatosis

pri·mar·y he·mo·chro·ma·to·sis

[MIM*235200] a specific inherited metabolic defect with increased absorption and accumulation of iron on a normal diet; autosomal recessive inheritance caused by a mutation in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE) on 6p, less florid in females; juvenile hemochromatosis may represent a homozygous state of the same gene.

pri·mar·y he·mo·chro·ma·to·sis

(prī'mar-ē hē'mō-krō'mă-tō'sis) A specific inherited metabolic defect with increased absorption and accumulation of iron on a normal diet.