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单词 hemosiderin
释义

hemosiderin

noun

he·​mo·​sid·​er·​in ˌhē-mō-ˈsi-də-rən How to pronounce hemosiderin (audio)
: a yellowish-brown, iron-containing, granular pigment that is found within cells (such as macrophages), is composed chiefly of aggregates of ferritin, and is typically associated with bleeding and the breakdown of red blood cells (as in hemolytic anemia)

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Hämosiderin, from hämo- hem- + Greek sídēros "iron" + German -in -in entry 1 — more at sidero-

Note: Term introduced by the German pathologist Ernst Neumann (1834-1918) in "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der pathologischen Pigmente," Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie, Band 111 (1888), pp. 25-47.

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hemosiderin

noun

he·​mo·​sid·​er·​in
variants or chiefly British haemosiderin
ˌhē-mō-ˈsid-ə-rən How to pronounce hemosiderin (audio)
: a yellowish brown granular pigment formed by breakdown of hemoglobin, found in phagocytes and in tissues especially in disturbances of iron metabolism (as in hemochromatosis, hemosiderosis, or some anemias), and composed essentially of colloidal ferric oxide compare ferritin
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