ferritin
Meaning of ferritin
noun
a protein produced in mammalian metabolism which serves to store iron in the tissues.
1930s: from ferri- + -t- (for ease of pronunciation) + -in1.
Information about ferritin
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ferritin is: ferritins.
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Hyphenation of ferritin
fer-ritin
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ferritin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with ferritin
Itin, Chaitin, Bitin, distobitin, methylquercitin, myricitin, quercitin, tracitin, carditin, arthrichitin, chitin, methylsudachitin, neurochitin, rishitin, urechitin, whitin, asacolitin, euperfolitin, mellitin, scillitin, trifolitin, palmitin, tripalmitin, vermitin, Bronitin, Nitin, aconitin, amanitin, indaconitin, japaconitin, karnitin, sodagnitin, chondroitin, antiprecipitin, bacterioprecipitin, coctoprecipitin, hemoprecipitin, isoprecipitin, laserpitin, leukoprecipitin, monotropitin, mycoprecipitin, phytoprecipitin, precipitin, thermoprecipitin, Penbritin, Uritin, apoferritin, chamuvaritin, heparitin