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deferroxamine

deferroxamine 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 deferroxamine

What is deferroxamine the misspelling of?
Deferroxamine is the misspelling of deferoxamine.

Words near deferroxamine in the dictionary

  1. deferrioxamine
  2. deferrization
  3. deferrochelatase
  4. deferrochelatases
  5. deferrochelation
  6. deferroxamine
  7. defers
  8. defertilization
  9. defertilize
  10. defertilized
  11. defertilizes

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