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hemin

[ hee-min ]
/ ˈhi mɪn /

noun Biochemistry.

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.

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Also called Teichmann's crystals.

Origin of hemin

First recorded in 1950–55; hem- + -in2
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Medical definitions for hemin

hemin
[ hē′mĭn ]

n.

The reddish-brown crystalline chloride of heme produced when hemoglobin reacts with certain reagents in a test for the presence of blood.hematin chloride
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Idioms and Phrases with hemin

hem in

see fence in.

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