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Noun: hemitin
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: haemitin)
  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 [Brit, Cdn], protoheme, haematin [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: pigment

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

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hemipteron
Hemipteronatus
Hemipteronatus novacula
hemipterous
hemipterous insect
Hemiramphidae
hemisphere
hemispheric
hemispherical
hemistich
hemitin
Hemitripterus
Hemitripterus americanus
hemizygos vein
hemizygous
hemizygous vein
hemline
hemlock
hemlock tree
hemlock water dropwort
hemmer