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hemosiderin

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hemosiderin /he·mo·sid·er·in/ (he?mo-sid´er-in) an insoluble form of tissue storage iron, visible microscopically both with and without the use of special stains.
he·mo·sid·er·in (hm-sdr-n)
n.
An insoluble protein that contains iron and that is produced by phagocytic digestion of hematin and found as granules in most tissues, especially in the liver.
hemosiderin (hē´mōsid´rin),
n an intracellular storage form of iron; the granules consist of an ill-defined complex of ferric hydroxides, polysaccharides, and proteins having an iron content of approximately 33% by weight. It appears as a dark yellow-brown pigment.
hemosiderin
an insoluble form of intracellular storage iron, visible microscopically both with and without the use of special stains.


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