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hemin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hemin has 1 sense
- hemin(n = noun.substance) protohemin - a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood; Array is a kind of chloride
CIDE DICTIONARY
hemin, n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.].
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]
" 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."
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