hemin
noun
he·min
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Definition of hemin
: a red-brown to blue-black crystalline salt C34H32N4O4FeCl derived from oxidized heme but usually obtained in a characteristic crystalline form from hemoglobin
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hemin
noun
he·min
variants:
or chiefly British haemin \ ˈhē-mən
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Medical Definition of hemin
: a red-brown to blue-black crystalline salt C34H32N4O4FeCl that inhibits the biosynthesis of porphyrin and is used to ameliorate the symptoms of some forms of porphyria
— called also protohemin