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trans⋅fer⋅rin

  [trans-fer-in]
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–noun Biochemistry.
a plasma glycoprotein that transports dietary iron to the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
Origin:
1947; trans- + L ferr(um) iron + -in 2
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trans·fer·rin   (trāns-fěr'ĭn)   
n.  A beta globulin in blood serum that combines with and transports iron.

[trans- + ferr(o)- + -in.]
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Main Entry: trans·fer·rin
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'fer-&n
Function: noun
: a beta globulin in blood plasma capable of combining with ferricions and transporting iron in the body called also siderophilin
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transferrin trans·fer·rin (trāns-fěr'ĭn)
n.
A beta globulin in blood serum that combines with and transports iron. Also called siderophilin.

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transferrin

protein (beta1 globulin) in blood plasma that transports iron from the tissues and bloodstream to the bone marrow, where it is reused in the formation of hemoglobin. Found fixed to the surface of developing red blood cells, transferrin frees iron directly into the cell. Human beings have 14 different types of transferrin, but all are believed to be determined at a single genetic locus. They are named by letters of the alphabet; the commonest is called C

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