HEMIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood

Synonyms:

hemin; protohemin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hemin" is a kind of...):

chloride (any compound containing a chlorine atom)

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