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deferoxime

deferoxime is the misspelling of deferoxamine.

Meaning of deferoxamine

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

Questions about deferoxime

What is deferoxime the misspelling of?
Deferoxime is the misspelling of deferoxamine.

Words near deferoxime in the dictionary

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

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