Look up: hemosiderin

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   hemosiderin
   [n] - a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide
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   hemosiderin
   Insoluble iron(III) hydroxide-based pigment deposited in cells in conditions of iron overload.
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   hemosiderin
   Synonym for haemosiderin ... <protein> A mammalian iron storage protein related to ferritin but less abundant. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Hemosiderin
   `Hemosiderin` or `haemosiderin` is an abnormal microscopic pigment found in the human body. Hemosiderin is composed of iron oxide and can accumulate in different organs in various diseases. Iron is required by many of the chemical reactions in the body but is toxic when not properly contained. Thus, many methods of iron storage have developed. Humans typically store iron within a protein called ferritin. The form of iron in ferritin is Iron(III)...
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   hemosiderin
   (he″mo-sidŽәr-in) a pigment that is a product of hemolysis; it is an insoluble form of storage iron that is visible microscopically both with and without the use of special stains.
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   hemosiderin
   (from the article `respiratory disease`) ...but its cause is not fully understood. Pulmonary hemorrhage also occurs as part of a condition known as pulmonary hemosiderosis, which results in ... ...of the liver sinusoids. The sinusoids are microscopic blood channels. The Kupffer cells are phagocytic, i.e., capable of ingestion of other c...
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   hemosiderin
   A golden yellow or yellow-brown insoluble protein produced by phagocytic digestion of hematin; found in most tissues, especially in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, in the form of granules much larger than ferritin molecules (of which they are believed to be aggregates), but with a higher content, as much as 37%, of iron; stains blue with Perl P...
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