hemin

[hee-min]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemin¹

First recorded in 1950–55; hem- + -in ²

Example Sentences

Still, Zhang Hemin and Huang Yan recognized that this first attempt would also be mostly trial and error.

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Zhang Hemin has been working with pandas for over thirty years.

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And so Zhang Hemin, Huang Yan, and the rest of the team did indeed change their approach.

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But the costuming was only step one of several other strategic changes that Zhang Hemin and Huang Yan’s team would make.

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In October of 2012, Zhang Hemin, Huang Yan, and their team released Tao Tao into the wild at the Lipingzi Nature Reserve.

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