Medical Definition of Siderophore

1. Natural iron binding compounds that chelate ferric ions (which form insoluble colloidal hydroxides at neutral pH and are then inaccessible) and are then taken up together with the metal ion. See: sideramines. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siderophore

siderography
siderolite
siderolites
sideromancy
sideromycins
sideropenia
sideropenia
sideropenic
sideropenic dysphagia
siderophage
siderophil
siderophilin
siderophilins
siderophilous
siderophone
siderophore (current term)
siderophores
sideroscope
sideroses
siderosilicosis
siderosis
siderosis
siderostat
siderotic
siderotic
siderotic cataract
siderotic nodules
sideroxylon
siders
sides

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