hemosiderin
Meanings
noun
- 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
Word forms
Etymology
From hemo- + sidero- + -in.
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