Definition of Hematin

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

Exact synonyms: Haem, Haemitin, Heme, Protoheme
Generic synonyms: Pigment
Substance meronyms: Haemoglobin, Hb, Hemoglobin, Myoglobin, Cytochrome

Definition of Hematin

1. n. Hematoxylin.

Definition of Hematin

1. Noun. Hemoglobin with iron in ferric state. ¹

2. Noun. Hemin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hematin

1. heme [n -S] - See also: heme

Medical Definition of Hematin

1. 1. Haematoxylin. 2. A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red colour. Origin: Gr. A"i^ma, a"imatos, blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematin

hemaphaein
hemapophysis
hemarthroses
hemarthrosis
hemastatics
hematal
hematein
hemateins
hematemeses
hematemesis
hematherm
hemathermal
hematherms
hematic
hematics
hematin (current term)
hematine
hematines
hematinic
hematinics
hematinometer
hematinometric
hematinon
hematins
hematite
hematites
hematitic
hemato-
hematobiochemical
hematoblast

Literary usage of Hematin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"In the decomposition of hemoglobin containing oxygen hematin at once results, oxygen being bound. On the other hand, oxygen-free hemoglobin yields in a ..."

2. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopic and Chemical Methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"hematin is only rarely found. In order to demonstrate its presence, the urine is rendered strongly alkaline with ammonia, filtered, and the filtrate ..."

3. A Laboratory Manual of Physiological Chemistry by Elbert William Rockwood (1919)
"Like oxyhemoglobin, however, it is changed by weak acids or alkalies into hematin and a simple protein. Like oxyhemoglobin, too, it is converted by reducing ..."

4. A Practical Handbook of Medical Chemistry Applied to Clinical Research and by William Houston Greene (1880)
"After standing for some time, the latter deposits hematin, which is collected and ... After calcination, hematin leaves 12.8 per cent, of ferric oxide. ..."

5. Text-book of Physiological Chemistry in Thirty Lectures by Emil Abderhalden (1908)
"We may say, however, that a comparison of the disintegration products of chlorophyll with those of hematin, or, better, with those of hematoporphyrin, ..."

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