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[syn: heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hematin \Hem"a*tin\, n. [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
1. Hematoxylin.
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2. (Physiol. Chem.) A bluish black, amorphous substance
containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red
blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of
hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red
color.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Haematoxylin \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lin\ (-t[o^]ks"[i^]*l[i^]n), n.
[See H[ae]matoxylon.] (Chem.)
The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow
crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste.
Formerly called also hematin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hematin
n 1: a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other
atoms to which oxygen binds [syn: heme, haem,
hematin, haemitin, protoheme]