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HEMOSIDERIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism

Synonyms:

haemosiderin; hemosiderin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hemosiderin" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Meronyms (substance of "hemosiderin"):

ferric oxide (a red oxide of iron)

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 Context examples: 

A parathyroid gland tumor that shares certain morphologic characteristics with parathyroid gland carcinomas (e.g. broad fibrous bands formation with or without hemosiderin deposition, presence of mitotic figures) but lacks unequivocal evidence of capsular or vascular invasion.

(Parathyroid Gland Atypical Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration and absorption, the iron dextran complex is removed from plasma by the reticuloendothelial system which cleaves it into the components iron and dextran; ferric iron subsequently binds to transferrin or is stored as hemosiderin or ferritin.

(Iron Dextran Complex, NCI Thesaurus)