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

Derived forms: haematins

Type of: pigment

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

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haematinic
haematite
haemato-
Haematobia
Haematobia irritans
haematocele
haematochezia
haematocoele
haematocolpometra
haematocolpos