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hæmatoporphyrin

hæmatoporphyrin

See also: haematoporphyrin

English

Noun

hæmatoporphyrin (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of hematoporphyrin.
    • 1920, Ernest Henry Starling, Hamilton Hartridge, Principles of Human Physiology, page 873:
      Even with 2 per cent. hydrochloric acid a certain amount of hæmatoporphyrin is formed, and if the strength of the acid be increased to 15 per cent. the whole of the iron is split off and the hæmochromogen is converted entirely into hæmatoporphyrin.