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siderophile

[ sid-er-uh-fahyl ]

adjective

  1. (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
  2. Geology. (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for metallic iron.


noun

  1. a siderophile element, tissue, or cell.

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