Taber's Medical Dictionary
ferrous
(fer′ŭs)
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1. Pert. to iron.
SYN: SEE: ferruginous
2. Pert. to a compound containing bivalent iron.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Ferrous." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749459/all/ferrous.
Ferrous. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749459/all/ferrous. Accessed March 23, 2025.
Ferrous. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749459/all/ferrous
Ferrous [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 March 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749459/all/ferrous.
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