ALL meanings of hemin
he·min
H h - noun hemin A reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride. 1
- noun hemin the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, 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. 1
- noun hemin a brown, crystalline chloride of heme, C34H32N4O4FeCl, obtained when blood is treated with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride: its production by this reaction is evidence of the presence of blood in fluids, stains, etc. 0