Sidero Health Dictionary

Chronic FIBROSIS of the LUNGS occurring in iron-workers and due to the inhalation of ?ne iron particles. The term is also applied to the condition in which there is an excessive deposit of iron in the tissues of the body.... siderosis

n. a red blood cell precursor (see erythroblast) in which iron-containing granules can be demonstrated by suitable staining techniques. Sideroblasts may be seen in normal individuals and are absent in iron deficiency. A certain type of anaemia (sideroblastic anaemia) is characterized by the presence of abnormal ringed sideroblasts. —sideroblastic adj.... sideroblast

n. a red blood cell in which granules of iron-containing protein (Pappenheimer bodies) can be demonstrated by suitable staining techniques. These granules are normally removed by the spleen and siderocytes are characteristically seen when the spleen is absent.... siderocyte

n. iron deficiency. This may result from dietary inadequacy; increased requirement of iron by the body, as in pregnancy or childhood; or increased loss of iron from the body, usually due to chronic bleeding. The most important manifestation of iron deficiency is *anaemia, which is readily corrected by iron therapy.... sideropenia