siderophilicadj.

1911 Monthly Cycl. & Med. Bull. 4 132 This cell develops along two different lines and produces either an acidophilic and siderophilic secretion, or a basophilic secretion.

1933 Jrnl. Parasitol. 19 298 The point of insertion of these two structures is obscured entirely beneath a mass of deep staining siderophilic granules.

1991 Jrnl. Med. Primatol. 20 267/1 The siderophilic bodies had cores consisting of single or multiple, osmiophilic irregular spherical structures.

2007 Mycol. Res. 115 575/1 Basidia 4-sterigmate, narrowly clavate.., with cyanophilic (siderophilic) bodies.

1929 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 3 Aug. 184/1 This theory divides mineral materials into siderophilic, chalkophilic, lithophilic, and aerophilic. The Niggli conception of formation of ores and minerals during cooling of the silicate magma is also discussed.

1964 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 72 423/2 The high copper content of the Sudbury ores is admittedly difficult to account for in terms of the known composition of meteorites, as copper is chalcophilic while nickel is siderophilic.

1971 C. B. Moore in B. Mason Handbk. Elemental Abundances in Meteorites xiv. 127 Although by definition silicon is a lithophilic element, evidence also shows that under highly reducing conditions in meteorites it may also be siderophilic.

2003 Science 6 June 1513/2 Tungsten is siderophilic.