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deferrioxamine

deferrioxamine 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 deferrioxamine

What is deferrioxamine the misspelling of?
Deferrioxamine is the misspelling of deferoxamine.

Words near deferrioxamine in the dictionary

  1. deferreth
  2. deferric
  3. deferrification
  4. deferring
  5. deferrings
  6. deferrioxamine
  7. deferrization
  8. deferrochelatase
  9. deferrochelatases
  10. deferrochelation
  11. deferroxamine

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