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hemerythrin

noun
hem路​er路​y路​thrin | \ h膿-藞mer-蓹-thr蓹n How to pronounce hemerythrin (audio) \

Definition of hemerythrin

: an iron-containing respiratory pigment in the blood of various chiefly marine invertebrates (such as some brachiopods)

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 Some worms use purplish hemerythrin; others use greenish chlorocruorin; some use a combination of pigments. — Quanta Magazine, "Icefish Study Adds Another Color to the Story of Blood," 22 Apr. 2019

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First Known Use of hemerythrin

1903, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hemerythrin

hem- + erythr- + -in entry 1

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hemerythrin

noun
he路​me路​ryth路​rin
variants: or chiefly British haemerythrin \ 藢h膿-​m蓹-​藞rith-​r蓹n How to pronounce haemerythrin (audio) \

Medical Definition of hemerythrin

: an iron-containing respiratory pigment in the blood of various invertebrates

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