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defroxamine

defroxamine 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 defroxamine

What is defroxamine the misspelling of?
Defroxamine is the misspelling of deferoxamine.

Words near defroxamine in the dictionary

  1. defroster
  2. defrosters
  3. defrosting
  4. defrostings
  5. defrosts
  6. defroxamine
  7. defroze
  8. defrozen
  9. defructosylate
  10. defructosylated
  11. defrutum

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