Rice Krispies noun (A trademark for) a breakfast cereal made from grains of rice which are steamed, sweetened, and then heated rapidly in the manner of popcorn; (also in singular) a piece of this cereal.
A ferritin test measures the amount of ferritin in your blood. Ferritin is a blood cell protein that contains iron. A ferritin test helps your doctor understand how much iron your body is storing.
1 The ferritin test measures the level of ferritin, the major iron storage protein in the body. 2  The ferritin test is a simple blood test. 3  High levels of ferritin can indicate an iron storage disorder, such as hemochromatosis, or a chronic disease process.erritin is the major iron storage protein of the body. Ferritin levels can be used to indirectly measure the iron levels in the body. Ferritin has the shape of a hollow sphere that permits the entry of a variable amount of iron for storage (as ferric hydroxide phosphate complexes).