Usually means: Protein that binds and transports iron.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. transferrin: Merriam-Webster
  2. transferrin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. transferrin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. transferrin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. transferrin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Transferrin, transferrin: Wordnik
  7. transferrin: Wiktionary
  8. transferrin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. transferrin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. transferrin: Dictionary.com
  11. Transferrin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. transferrin: Rhymezone
  13. transferrin: FreeDictionary.org
  14. transferrin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. transferrin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transferrin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. transferrin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Transferrin: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Transferrin: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. transferrin: Medical dictionary
  8. Transferrin: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Transferrin: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

(Note: See transferrins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (transferrin)

noun:  (biochemistry) A glycoprotein, a beta globulin, in blood serum that combines with and transports iron.

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