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haematin

/ ˈhiː-; ˈhɛmətɪn /

noun

  1. 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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