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

Type of: pigment

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

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Haematopodidae
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Haematopus
Haematoxylon
Haematoxylum
Haematoxylum campechianum
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haemodialysis
Haemodoraceae
Haemodorum
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