'Hemin' definitions:
Definition of 'hemin'
(from WordNet)
noun
A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood [syn: hemin, protohemin]
Definition of 'Hemin'
From: GCIDE
- Hemin \He"min\, n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood. [1913 Webster]