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SUBSTANTIA FERRUGINEA

\səbstˈanʃə fˈɛɹuːd͡ʒˌɪni͡ə], \səbstˈanʃə fˈɛɹuːd‍ʒˌɪni‍ə], \s_ə_b_s_t_ˈa_n_ʃ_ə f_ˈɛ_ɹ_uː_dʒ_ˌɪ_n_iə]\

Definitions of SUBSTANTIA FERRUGINEA

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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An ash coloured substance, produced by the existence of well marked pigmentary matter in the floor of the fourth ventricle or rhomboid fossa.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

pigmented nerve-cell substance of the locus coeruleus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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