ferruginatedadj.
/fᵻˈruːdʒᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /fəˈrudʒəˌneɪdᵻd/ Containing iron, esp. in the form of hydrated oxides and hydroxides. Cf. ferruginous adj. 2.
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1811 Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 455 These materials are strongly conglomerated by a highly ferruginated clay.
1821 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 4 18 Most of the ferruginated prussiates are capable of being dissolved in concentrated sulphuric acid, without experiencing any decomposition.
1940 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 48 213 Most of the ferruginated wood..was found in the face of the Red River bluff.
2003 Micropaleontology 49 170/1 The limestone facies grades upward into ferruginated thick-bedded, sandy, oolitic limestone.
2011 Y. Ge et al. in E. M. Haacke & J. R. Reichenbach Susceptibility Weighted Imaging in MRI xv. 259 Higher levels of iron are found in deep gray matter nuclei with ferruginated neurons, which are thought to be due to excessive uptake and storage of iron.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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