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haems

haems is the plural of haem.

Meaning of haem

Noun

haem (countable and uncountable, plural haems)

  1. Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.
    • Haem is ubiquitous, abundant and necessary for energy metabolism. Most bacteria have a haem biosynthesis pathway, but nevertheless, since haem is a major source of iron (an essential metal), microbes take up exogenous haem to retrieve iron.2010, Pierre Cornelis, Simon Andrews (editors), Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Microorganisms, page 17

Questions about haems

What is haems the plural of?
Haems is the plural of haem.

Words near haems in the dictionary

  1. haemovigilance
  2. haemovore
  3. haemovores
  4. haemoxylin
  5. haemozoin
  6. haems
  7. haemulid
  8. haemulids
  9. Haemus
  10. Haen
  11. Haens

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