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ferritin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
fer-ritin
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

ferritins (plural) ferratin (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

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

Frequently Paired Words

hematin hemoglobin transferrin

Questions

What does ferritin mean?
Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.
Where does ferritin come from?
From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.

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