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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Haematoin

/(hē̇*măt"ō̇*ĭn)/ · Hae·mat·o·in · IPA
01 n. A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, ca…
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    A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.(Physiol. Chem.)