heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme
(noun) a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hematin (countable and uncountable, plural hematins)
(biochemistry) Hemoglobin with iron in ferric state.
(biochemistry) Hemin.
• Heitman, Manthei, Thamien, Thieman
Source: Wiktionary
Hem"a*tin, n. Etym: [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
1. Hematoxylin.
2. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
