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haematin
/ ˈhiː-; ˈhɛmətɪn /
noun
- biochem a dark bluish or brownish pigment containing iron in the ferric state, obtained by the oxidation of haem
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Thus haematin is found in the so-called bile of slugs, snails, the limpet and the crayfish.
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