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hemin definition

he·min (hē′min)

noun

a brown, crystalline chloride of heme, CHNOFeCl, obtained when blood is treated with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride: its production by this reaction is evidence of the presence of blood in fluids, stains, etc.

Etymology: hem(e) + -in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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