ferritin

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8

Definition of ferritin

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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Etymology

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

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