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deferoxamine

UK/dɛfəˈɹɒksəmiːn/

deferoxamine noun: a siderophore, produced by the actinobacterium Streptomyces pilosus, that is used as a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body.

Noun

deferoxamine (countable and uncountable, plural deferoxamines)

  1. A siderophore, produced by the actinobacterium Streptomyces pilosus, that is used as a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body

Forms of deferoxamine

pluraldeferoxamines

Questions about deferoxamine

What does deferoxamine mean?
Deferoxamine means a siderophore, produced by the actinobacterium Streptomyces pilosus, that is used as a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body.
What part of speech is deferoxamine?
Deferoxamine is a noun.
How do you pronounce deferoxamine?
Deferoxamine is pronounced /dɛfəˈɹɒksəmiːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of deferoxamine?
The plural of deferoxamine is deferoxamines.

Words near deferoxamine in the dictionary

  1. deferitrin
  2. deferment
  3. deferments
  4. defernite
  5. deferoxamide
  6. deferoxamine
  7. deferoxime
  8. deferoximine
  9. deferrability
  10. deferrable
  11. deferrables

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