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Noun: haematin  hee-mu-tin or he-mu-tin
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hematin)
  1. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
    - heme [N. Amer], haem [Brit, Cdn], hematin [N. Amer], haemitin [Brit, Cdn], protoheme, hemitin [N. Amer]

Derived forms: haematins

Type of: pigment

Part of: cytochrome, haemoglobin [Brit, Cdn], Hb, hemoglobin [N. Amer], myoglobin

Encyclopedia: Haematin

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Haematobia
Haematobia irritans
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haematochezia
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