hemosiderin

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From hemo- +‎ sidero- +‎ -in.

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hemosiderin (countable and uncountable, plural hemosiderins)

  1. (biochemistry) An abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides, protein and polysaccharides, that forms in tissues of patients having an excess of iron

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