Definition of Haemitin

1. Noun. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.

Exact synonyms: Haem, Hematin, Heme, Protoheme
Generic synonyms: Pigment
Substance meronyms: Haemoglobin, Hb, Hemoglobin, Myoglobin, Cytochrome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemitin

haematoxylin-phloxine B stain
haematoxylin and eosin stain
haematoxylin bodies
haematoxylins
haematoxylon
haematozoa
haematozoic
haematozoon
haematuria
haematurias
haematuric bilious fever
haemerythrin
haemic
haemin
haemins
haemitin (current term)
haemndothelioma
haemo-
haemoagglutination
haemoagglutinin
haemoantitoxin
haemobartonellosis
haemobilia
haemoblast
haemoblastosis
haemocatharsis
haemocatheresis
haemocatheretic
haemoccult test
haemocele

Literary usage of Haemitin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"... Logwood contains from 9 to 12 per cent of the coloring essence called haematoxylin, from which is derived haemitin, the true dye color. ..."

2. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"... Logwood contains from 9 to 12 per cent of the coloring essence called haematoxylin, from which is derived haemitin, the true dye color. ..."

3. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"The globin of the blood pigment will undergo the same change, while the haemitin is not much affected. If milk has formed a portion of the meal, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Haemitin on Dictionary.com!Search for Haemitin on Thesaurus.com!Search for Haemitin on Google!Search for Haemitin on Wikipedia!

Search