Transferrin

Definition: Transferrin

Transferrin

Noun

1. Glycoprotein that carries iron in the blood.

"Transferrin" is a common misspelling or typo for: transferring.

Synonyms: Transferrin

Synonyms: beta globulin (n), siderophilin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Transferrin

Specialty definitions using "transferrin": Anemia, Iron-Deficiency ♦ Receptors, Transferrin. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Transferrin

Domain	Title
Books	Transferrin biology; papers (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Transferrin

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		TSAT stands for transferrin saturation, a score that indicates how much iron is available to make red blood cells. (references)
		The blood test for transferrin saturation is widely available and relatively inexpensive, but it may have to be done twice with careful handling to confirm a diagnosis. (references)
		Blood tests can determine whether the amount of iron stored in the body is too high. The transferrin saturation test determines how much iron is bound to the protein that carries iron in the blood. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Transferrin

"Transferrin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Transferrin" is used about 13 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%	13	97,576

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Transferrin

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "transferrin": anti-transferrin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Transferrin

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
transferrin	18
saturation transferrin	9
carbohydrate deficient transferrin	8
carbohydrate deficient test transferrin	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Transferrin

Language		Translations for "transferrin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�"�� '酶. (various references)

French		manque congénital de transferrine (transferrin deficiency syndrome). (various references)

German		Transferrinmangel-Syndrom (congenital atransferrinemia, transferrin deficiency syndrome), kongenitale Atransferrinämie (congenital atransferrinemia, transferrin deficiency syndrome), Asiderophilinämie (congenital atransferrinemia, transferrin deficiency syndrome). (various references)

Pig Latin		ansferrintray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Transferrin

Derivations
	Words beginning with "transferrin": transferring, transferrins. (additional references)
	Words containing "transferrin": cotransferring, retransferring. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Transferrin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-n-n-r-r-r-s-t"
	-3 letters: entrains, fainters, farriers, inerrant, infantes, insnarer, refrains, restrain, retrains, starrier, strainer, tarriers, terrains, trainers, transfer.
	-4 letters: anestri, antsier, artsier, entrain, errants, fainest, fainter, fairest, fanners, fannies, farrier, fraters, inanest, infante, infants, infares, insaner, insnare, interns, nastier, rafters, ranters, ratines, refrain, retains, retinas, retrain, retsina, sierran, snifter, stainer, stanine, stearin, stirrer, strafer, tanners.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-n-n-r-r-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: transferring, transferrins.
	+3 letters: cotransferring, retransferring, retransforming.
	+5 letters: retransformation.
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