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Definition: Ferritin |
FerritinNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | An iron-containing protein complex that is formed by a combination of ferric iron with the protein apoferritin. (references) |
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Crosswords: Ferritin |
| English words defined with "ferritin": sideroblast. (references) |
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Health | The serum ferritin test shows the level of iron in the liver. (references) | |
An annual blood ferritin test will help determine how often blood should be removed. (references) | ||
Blood ferritin levels will be tested after every 4 phlebotomies to monitor iron levels. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ferritin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ferritin" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ferritin | 180 |
ferritin level | 22 |
ferritin serum | 13 |
ferritin low | 11 |
ferritin level low | 9 |
ferritin hair loss low | 5 |
ferritin high | 5 |
blood ferritin test | 4 |
ferritin high level | 4 |
ferritin anemia | 4 |
ferritin level normal | 4 |
ferritin test | 3 |
ferritin level serum | 2 |
elevated ferritin | 2 |
ferritin low symptom | 2 |
blood ferritin level | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ferritin": ferritins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-i-n-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: niftier. | |
-2 letters: finite, tinier. | |
-3 letters: feint, finer, firer, frier, inert, infer, inter, niter, nitre, refit, rifer, trier, trine. | |
-4 letters: fern, fine, fire, firn, fret, frit, inti, neif, nite, reft, reif, rein, rent, rife, rift, rite, tern, tier, tine, tire, tref. | |
-5 letters: eft, ern, err, fen, fer, fet, fie, fin, fir, fit, ire, net, nit, ref. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-i-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: ferritins, interfirm, nitrifier. | |
+2 letters: frittering, gentrifier, interfiber, nitrifiers, terrifying. | |
+3 letters: denitrifier, fingerprint, freewriting, gentrifiers, inferiority, interfering, refiltering, retrofiring. | |
+4 letters: birefringent, denitrifiers, fingerprints, fraternities, fraternizing, freewritings, interfertile, profiteering, recertifying, refortifying, retrofitting, terrifyingly. | |
+5 letters: airfreighting, antiforeigner, counterfiring, ferrimagnetic, fingerprinted, inferiorities, intergrafting, interstratify, precertifying, prefiguration, proliferating, proliferation, reaffirmation, refrigerating, refrigeration. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 65 72 72 69 74 69 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . .-. .-. .. - .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01110010 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e r r i t i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 0072 0072 0069 0074 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4071848475867580 |
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