Dictionary   FastHealth  Email This!

 


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 

 
Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.  © 1997-2024.







               



               



Greater El Monte Community Hospital (South El Monte, California - Los Angeles County)