an element that is usually found in metallic forms and is concentrated at the Earth's core
siderophile in American English
(ˈsɪdərəˌfail)
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
3.
a siderophile element, tissue, or cell
Word origin
[sidero-1 + -phile]-phile is a combining form meaning “lover of,” “enthusiast for” that specified by the initialelement. Other words that use the affix -phile include: Anglophile, bibliophile, demophile
Examples of 'siderophile' in a sentence
siderophile
In addition, changes in bio-macromolecule components (proteins in general, siderophile proteins, neutral mucopolysaccharides, glycogen and acid mucopolysaccharides) were observed.
M Rosety, FJ Ordoñez, A Ribelles, M Rosety-Rodriguez, A Dominguez, C Carrasco, JMRosety 2009, 'Morpho-histochemical changes in the liver and intestine of young giltheads (fish-nursery),Sparus aurata, L., induced by acute action of the anionic tensioactive alkylbenzenesulphonate', European Journal of Histochemistryhttps://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/1636. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)