Definitions for ferritins

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ferritins fer·ri·tin

Spelling: [fer-i-tn]

IPA: /ˈfɛr ɪ tn/

Ferritins is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in ferritins (efiinrrst).

Definitions for ferritins

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 ferritins

First recorded in 1935-40; ferrite + -in²