Definition of Hemin

Noun: hemin  hee-min

  1. A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from haemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood
    - protohemin
Verb: hem in
  1. Surround in a restrictive manner
    "The building was hemmed in by flowers"
     
  2. Encircle as a military tactic
    "The Turks hemmed in Vienna";
    - besiege, beleaguer, surround, circumvent, siege

See also:
hemimorphite
Heming

Anagrams containing the word hemin

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