FERRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ferric mean? 

• FERRIC (adjective)
  The adjective FERRIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or containing iron

  Familiarity information: FERRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or containing iron

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

ferric; ferrous

Pertainym:

iron (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood)

 Context examples 

Prussian blue stain is used for the demonstration of ferric iron in the tissue sections.

(Iron Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A product of hemoglobin produced by oxidation of the iron atom from the ferrous to the ferric state.

(Methemoglobin, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequently, ferric iron binds to transferrin or is stored as ferritin.

(Ferric Carboxymaltose Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

An iron-containing protein complex that is formed by a combination of ferric iron with the protein APOFERRITIN.

(Ferritin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ferric hexacyanoferrate is used for the treatment of acute and chronic thallium and cesium poisoning.

(Ferric Ferrocyanide, NCI Thesaurus)

Fermagate is made up of magnesium and ferric iron atoms held in an insoluble, rigid, crystalline-layered structure, with carbonate groups lying between the layers.

(Fermagate, NCI Thesaurus)

A colloidal solution containing ferric oxyhydroxide complexed with polymerized dextran, used as a form of parenteral iron-replacement therapy.

(Iron Dextran Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Two features of the object’s spectra were particularly eye-catching and corresponded to the presence of ferric oxides and phyllosilicates.

(Exiled Asteroid Discovered in Outer Reaches of Solar System, ESO)

An iron protein complex, containing up to 23% iron, formed by the union of ferric iron with apoferritin; it is found in the intestinal mucosa, spleen, bone marrow, reticulocytes, and liver, and regulates iron storage and transport from the intestinal lumen to plasma.

(Ferritin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called sodium ferric gluconate.

(Ferrlecit, NCI Dictionary)