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Definition of Haemitin
1. Noun. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
Generic synonyms: Pigment
Substance meronyms: Haemoglobin, Hb, Hemoglobin, Myoglobin, Cytochrome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemitin
Literary usage of Haemitin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"... Logwood contains from 9 to 12 per cent of the coloring essence called
haematoxylin, from which is derived haemitin, the true dye color. ..."
2. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"... Logwood contains from 9 to 12 per cent of the coloring essence called
haematoxylin, from which is derived haemitin, the true dye color. ..."
3. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"The globin of the blood pigment will undergo the same change, while the haemitin
is not much affected. If milk has formed a portion of the meal, ..."