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HAEMITIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does haemitin mean?

• HAEMITIN (noun)
The noun HAEMITIN has 1 sense:

1. a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

Familiarity information: HAEMITIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HAEMITIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

haem; haemitin; hematin; heme; protoheme

Hypernyms ("haemitin" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc))

Holonyms ("haemitin" is a substance of...):

haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin (a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues)

myoglobin (a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed)

cytochrome ((biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principle biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration))

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