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ferritin

[fer-i-tn]

fer·ri·tin

[fer-i-tn]
noun Biochemistry.
an amber-colored, crystalline protein, found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, that consists of apoferritin combined with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex and that stores iron for use in metabolism.

Origin:
1935–40; ferrite + -in2
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ferritin (ˈfɛrɪtɪn)
 
n
biochem a protein that contains iron and plays a part in the storage of iron in the body. It occurs in the liver and spleen
 
[C20: from ferrite + -in]

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ferritin fer·ri·tin (fěr'ĭ-tĭn)
n.
An iron-containing protein complex, found principally in the intestinal mucosa, spleen, and liver, that functions as the primary form of iron storage in the body.

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