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desferoxamine

desferoxamine is the alternative form 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

Forms of desferoxamine

pluraldesferoxamines

Questions about desferoxamine

What is desferoxamine the alternative form of?
Desferoxamine is the alternative form of deferoxamine.

Words near desferoxamine in the dictionary

  1. desexualized
  2. desexualizer
  3. desexualizers
  4. desexualizes
  5. desexualizing
  6. desferoxamine
  7. desferoxamines
  8. desferricoprogen
  9. desferrioxamine
  10. desferrioxamines
  11. desferroxamine

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