FERRITIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ferritin mean? 

• FERRITIN (noun)
  The noun FERRITIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FERRITIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERRITIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ferritin" is a kind of...):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the cells containing Pappenheimer Bodies (violet or blue staining ferritin granules usually found along the periphery of the red blood cells) in a biological specimen.

(Pappenheimer Body Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Important in transport of oxygen by hemoglobin to the tissues, iron is also found in myoglobin, transferrin, and ferritin, and is as a component of many enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, and cytochromes.

(Ferrous Gluconate, NCI Thesaurus)

Important in transport of oxygen by hemoglobin to the tissues, iron is also found in myoglobin, transferrin, and ferritin, and is a component of many enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, and cytochromes.

(Ferrous sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioimmunoconjugate of a rabbit antihuman ferritin IgG labeled with iodine 131 (I-131).

(I 131 Antiferritin Immunoglobulin, NCI Thesaurus)

They measured participants’ levels of ferritin—a protein that stores iron and can be used as an indirect measure of iron levels.

(Iron Supplements Hasten Recovery in Blood Donors, NIH)

A measurement of the ferritin in a biological specimen.

(Ferritin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Ferritin is found in cells in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and other tissues.

(Ferritin, NCI Dictionary)

The determination of the amount of ferritin present in a sample.

(Ferritin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Deferoxamine chelates iron from intra-lysosomal ferritin and siderin forming ferrioxamine, a water-soluble chelate excreted by the kidneys and in the feces via the bile.

(Deferoxamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Deferoxamine chelates iron from intra-lysosomal ferritin and hemosiderin forming ferrioxamine, a water-soluble chelate excreted by the kidneys and in the feces via the bile.

(Deferoxamine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)