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noun
Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: protein
History
From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.
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