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haemaphaein

haemaphaein noun: a brownish pigment found in blood; The heme portion of hemoglobin.

Noun

haemaphaein (uncountable)

  1. A brownish pigment found in blood; The heme portion of hemoglobin.
    • Vogel says, "The yellowish-green tint of the serum may be dependant on the brown colouring matter of healthy blood, which was first described by Simon, and received the name of Haemaphaein from that chemist. Nitric acid will serve to prevent its being mistaken for bile pigment.1853 July, Alexander King, “Article I. Case of Chloroma”, in The Monthly journal of medical science, volume 8, number 43, page 103

Origin of haemaphaein

Ancient Greek

Questions about haemaphaein

What does haemaphaein mean?
Haemaphaein means a brownish pigment found in blood; The heme portion of hemoglobin.
What part of speech is haemaphaein?
Haemaphaein is a noun.

Words near haemaphaein in the dictionary

  1. haemantamine
  2. haemantamines
  3. haemanthamine
  4. haemanthamines
  5. haemanthidine
  6. haemaphaein
  7. haemaphysalin
  8. haemapodous
  9. haemapoietic
  10. haemapophyseal
  11. haemapophyses

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