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PROTOHEMIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood
Synonyms:
hemin; protohemin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("protohemin" is a kind of...):
chloride (any compound containing a chlorine atom)