"ferritin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ferritins [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ferrātus||iron-bearing}} Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ferritin (plural ferritins)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits. Wikipedia link: ferritin Categories (topical): Proteins Synonyms: ferratin [dated] Derived forms: apoferritin, bacterioferritin, ferritinemia, ferritinic, ferritinophagy, holoferritin, maxiferritin, miniferritin, phytoferritin Translations (any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits): ferritina [feminine] (Catalan), 鐵蛋白 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁蛋白 (tiědànbái) (Chinese Mandarin), ferritiini (Finnish), ferritina [feminine] (Italian), ferritina [feminine] (Portuguese), ferritina [feminine] (Spanish)

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