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Teichmann's crystals

  [tahyk-muhnz]
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–noun Biochemistry.
hemin.
Origin:
named after L. Teichmann-Stawiarski (d. 1895), German anatomist

he⋅min

  [hee-min]
–noun Biochemistry.
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C34H32N4O4FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
Also called Teichmann's crystals.

Origin:
1950–55; hem- + -in 2
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Main Entry: he·min
Variant: or chiefly British hae·min /'hE-m&n/
Function: noun
: a red-brown to blue-black crystallinesalt C34H32N4O4FeCl that inhibits the biosynthesis of porphyrin and is used to ameliorate the symptoms of some forms of porphyria called alsoprotohemin
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hemin he·min (hē'mĭn)
n.
The reddish-brown crystalline chloride of heme produced when hemoglobin reacts with certain reagents in a test for the presence of blood. Also called hematin chloride.

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