Intrinsic Factor

Definition: Intrinsic Factor

Intrinsic Factor

Noun

1. A substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12; "lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia".

Specialty Definitions: Intrinsic Factor

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Pyloric mucous membrane of swine, in a dried state. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	A glycoprotein secreted by the cells of the gastric glands that is required for the absorption of vitamin B 12. Deficiency of intrinsic factor results in pernicious anemia. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Intrinsic factor

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Intrinsic factor is a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. It is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12. Problems with intrinsic factor function can cause pernicious anaemia.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Intrinsic factor."

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Crosswords: Intrinsic Factor

English words defined with "intrinsic factor": malignant anaemia, malignant anemia ♦ pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia. (references)

Specialty definitions using "intrinsic factor": blue reflectance factor ♦ DERIVATIVES ♦ Factor IXa, Factor Xa, Factor XIa, Factor XIIa ♦ luminous efficiency ♦ Parietal Cells, Gastric, Pentagastrin ♦ Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Intrinsic Factor

Domain	Title
Books	Gastric intrinsic factor and other vitamin B12 binders : biochemistry, physiology, pathology and relation to vitamin B12 metabolism (reference) Vitamin B12 : proceedings of the third European Symposium on Vitamin B12 and Intrinsic Factor, University of Zèurich, March 5-8, 1979, Zèurich, Switzerland (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Intrinsic Factor

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
intrinsic factor	21
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Modern Translations: Intrinsic Factor

Language		Translations for "intrinsic factor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		endogen termolabil faktor. (various references)

Dutch		intrinsieke factor. (various references)

French		principe de Castle, hémopoëtine de Wilkinson, facteur intrinsèque, facteur de Castle. (various references)

German		Intrinsicfaktor, Haemogenase, Castle Ferment, Castle Faktor. (various references)

Greek		ουσιώδης παράγων. (various references)

Italian		fattore intrinseco. (various references)

Pig Latin		intrinsicay actorfay

Portuguese		princípio de Castle, hemopoetina de Wilkinson, factor intrínseco, factor de Castle. (various references)
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Anagrams: Intrinsic Factor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-f-i-i-i-n-n-o-r-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: antifrictions.
	-3 letters: antifriction.
	-4 letters: incitations, infarctions, infractions, irritations, nonartistic.
	-5 letters: constraint, fantoccini, fictionist, inartistic, incitation, infarction, infraction, infrasonic, initiators, irritation, nitrations, transition.
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Alternative Orthography: Intrinsic Factor

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 74 72 69 6E 73 69 63 46 61 63 74 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101001 01101110 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000110 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#116 &#114 &#105 &#110 &#115 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#70 &#97 &#99 &#116 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0074 0072 0069 006E 0073 0069 0063 0046 0061 0063 0074 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4380868475808575692406769868184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Intrinsic Factor"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Danish	ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse	danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês
Dutch	woordenboek, definitie, translatie	hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês
French	dictionnaire, définition, traduction	français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês
German	wörterbuch, Übersetzung	tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, �"ερμανός, tedesco, alemão
Greek	λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση	græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego
Italian	dizionario, definizione, traduzione	italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, � ορτογάλος, portoghese, português
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

Intrinsic Factor

Definition: Intrinsic Factor