Usually means: Iron-containing molecule in hemoglobin.
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  1. heme: Merriam-Webster
  2. heme: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heme: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heme: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heme: Vocabulary.com
  6. Heme, heme: Wordnik
  7. heme: Wiktionary
  8. heme: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. heme: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. heme: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. heme: Dictionary.com
  12. Heme: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. heme: Rhymezone
  14. heme: FreeDictionary.org
  15. heme: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. heme: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. heme: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. heme: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Heme: Merck Manuals
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  6. heme: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. heme: Medical dictionary

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  1. heme: Acronym Finder

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  1. Heme: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heme)

▸ noun:  (biochemistry) The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.

Similar:
haem, hemoglobin, hæmoglobine, haemoglobine, hemoglobine, hematoglobin, hematinoglobulin, haematoglobulin, hematoglobulin, hematoglobuline, more...

Opposite:
non-heme, inorganic

Types:
myoglobin, hemoglobin, cytochrome, catalase, peroxidase, more...

Phrases:
heme iron, Heme oxygenase, heme synthetase, heme pigment nephropathy, Heme B, more...

Adjectives:
free, ferric, bound, non, ferrous, human, hepatic, prosthetic, single, type, excess

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Similar:
haem, hemoglobin, hæmoglobine, haemoglobine, hemoglobine, hematoglobin, hematinoglobulin, haematoglobulin, hematoglobulin, hematoglobuline, more...

Opposite:
non-heme, inorganic

Types:
myoglobin, hemoglobin, cytochrome, catalase, peroxidase, more...

Phrases:
heme iron, Heme oxygenase, heme synthetase, heme pigment nephropathy, Heme B, heme bay, more...

Adjectives:
free, ferric, bound, non, ferrous, human, hepatic, prosthetic, single, type, excess



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