ferritinophagy

F4E1R1R1I1T1I1N1O1P3H4A1G2Y4

noun

The metabolism of ferritin

Scrabble 26
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounferritinophagy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryThe metabolism of ferritin

    Alternatively, the turn over of ferritin by the process of ferritinophagy could be modified in the absence of CFTR [45, 46 ].

    2015 December 29, “Iron Homeostasis and Inflammatory Status in Mice Deficient for the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ferritin + -phagy.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

ferritinophagy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferritinophagy

MLA

“ferritinophagy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferritinophagy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferritinophagy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferritinophagy.

Source: ferritinophagy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.