Medical Dictionary
hemin
noun he·min
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
Variants of HEMIN
he·min or chiefly British hae·min \ˈhē-mən\
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