he·min
or chiefly Brit hae*min n : a red-brown to blue-black crystalline salt C34H32N4O4FeCl that inhibits the biosynthesis of porphyrin and is used to ameliorate the symptoms of some forms of porphyria - called also protohemin .
Similar sounding terms: human hu·min
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