hemin
[ hee-min ]
nounBiochemistry.
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C34H32N4O4FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
Origin of hemin
1- Also called Teichmann's crystals.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hemin
hemin
see fence in.
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