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Definition of Ferritin

1. 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.

Definition of Ferritin

1. Noun. (protein) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits. ¹

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Definition of Ferritin

1. a protein that contains iron [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ferritin

1. An iron storage protein of mammals, found in liver, spleen and bone marrow. Morphologically a shell of apoferritin protein with a core of ferrous hydroxide or phosphate. It is much used as an electron dense label in electron microscopy. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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