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FERROUS

\fˈɛɹəs], \fˈɛɹəs], \f_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_s]\

Definitions of FERROUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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of or relating to or containing iron

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

of or relating to or containing iron

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

1. Relating to iron, ferruginous. 2. Noting a salt containing iron in its lowest valence.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Containing iron in its lower valency.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Of, belonging to, or containing, iron as a bivalent radicle.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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