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Webster 1913 Edition

Hematein

Hemˊa-te′in

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], blood.]

(Chem.)

A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance,

C16H12O6

, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.