ferritin
Meanings
Plural: ferritins
Noun
- a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body
- Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.
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