Definitions for ferritin

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ferritin fer·ri·tin

Spelling: [fer-i-tn]

IPA: /ˈfɛr ɪ tn/

Ferritin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in ferritin (efiinrrt).

Definitions for ferritin

noun

1. an amber-colored, crystalline protein, found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, that consists of apoferritin combined with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex and that stores iron for use in metabolism.

Origin of ferritin

First recorded in 1935-40; ferrite + -in²