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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood;
[syn: hemin, protohemin]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hemin \He"min\, n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin. [1913 Webster] Note: The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hemin n 1: a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood [syn: hemin, protohemin]