sideroticadj.
/ˌsɪdəˈrɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌsɪdəˈrɑdɪk/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of siderosis (in various senses); characteristic of siderosis; affected by siderosis.
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siderotic1868
pneumatosic1890
alkalotic1922
1868 Half-yearly Abstr. Med. Sci. 47 53 Zenker coins for this affection the name of pneumonoconiosis siderotica, or briefly, siderotic pulmonism.
1875 Med. Rec. 20 Feb. 142/2 The nodules that occur in the lungs [in chalicosis]..are harder and grate more under the knife when cut than in siderotic lungs.
1932 W. Boyd Text-bk. Pathol. xxviii. 719 All the cases of splenic anemia do not show siderotic nodules, nor are the nodules confined to this disease.
1969 N. S. Jaffe Vitreous in Clin. Ophthalmol. xviii. 253/2 He points out that iron-laden macrophages are found in abundance in every siderotic eye.
2005 Jrnl. Zoo & Wildlife Med. 36 544/1 Siderotic plaques covered the margins of the splenic body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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