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lactoferrin

[ lak-tuh-fer-in ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lactoferrin1

First recorded in 1970–75; lacto- + ferr(i)- + -in 2

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