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ferumoxide

ferumoxide noun: any of a group of superparamagnetic MRI contrast media, consisting of viral-sized iron oxide particles, that distributes rapidly to organs having reticuloendothelial cells.

Noun

ferumoxide (plural ferumoxides)

  1. Any of a group of superparamagnetic MRI contrast media, consisting of viral-sized iron oxide particles, that distributes rapidly to organs having reticuloendothelial cells

Forms of ferumoxide

pluralferumoxides

Questions about ferumoxide

What does ferumoxide mean?
Ferumoxide means any of a group of superparamagnetic MRI contrast media, consisting of viral-sized iron oxide particles, that distributes rapidly to organs having reticuloendothelial cells.
What part of speech is ferumoxide?
Ferumoxide is a noun.
What is the plural of ferumoxide?
The plural of ferumoxide is ferumoxides.

Words near ferumoxide in the dictionary

  1. feruloylation
  2. feruloylations
  3. feruloyls
  4. feruloyltransferase
  5. feruloyltransferases
  6. ferumoxide
  7. ferumoxides
  8. ferumoxtran
  9. ferumoxytol
  10. ferungulate
  11. ferungulates

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