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a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

variant of heme

haem noun

(also hem and heme) the pigment combined with the protein (globin) in haemoglobin

Main Entry: ↑haem-

haem «hehm», noun.

= hematin. (Cf. ↑hematin)

combining form. the form of haema- (Cf. ↑haema-) before vowels, as in haemal.

n. British spelling of heme