English Explanatory Dictionary

ferritin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.

Word forms

ferritin ferritins ferratin

Etymology

From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.

Related words

hematin hemoglobin

Derived words

apoferritin bacterioferritin ferritinaemia ferritinemia ferritinic ferritinophagy holoferritin isoferritin magnetoferritin maxiferritin miniferritin phytoferritin
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