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Hydroxide vs Hemosiderin - What's the difference?

hydroxide | hemosiderin |

As nouns the difference between hydroxide and hemosiderin

is that hydroxide is an univalent anion (OH-) based on the hydroxyl functional group while hemosiderin is an abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides, protein and polysaccharides, that forms in tissues of patients having an excess of iron.

hydroxide

English

Noun

(wikipedia hydroxide) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An univalent anion (OH-) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
  • Any substance containing such an anion.
  • Derived terms

    * aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide * ammonium hydroxide * barium hydroxide * beryllium hydroxide * caesium hydroxide, cesium hydroxide * cadmium hydroxide * calcium hydroxide * gallium hydroxide * indium hydroxide * iron hydroxide * lithium hydroxide * magnesium hydroxide * methylmercury hydroxide * nickel hydroxide * plumbic hydroxide * potassium hydroxide * quaternary ammonium hydroxide * radium hydroxide * rubidium hydroxide * sodium hydroxide * stannic hydroxide * stannous hydroxide * strontium hydroxide * thallium hydroxide * zinc chromate hydroxide * zinc hydroxide * zirconium hydroxide

    See also

    * hydronium * hydrogen ion * pOH * pH

    hemosiderin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haemosiderin

    Noun

    (wikipedia hemosiderin) (-)
  • (biochemistry) An abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides, protein and polysaccharides, that forms in tissues of patients having an excess of iron
  • Derived terms

    * hemosideric