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MYOHEMATIN

\mˈa͡ɪə͡ʊhˌɛmɐtˌɪn], \mˈa‍ɪə‍ʊhˌɛmɐtˌɪn], \m_ˈaɪ_əʊ_h_ˌɛ_m_ɐ_t_ˌɪ_n]\

Definitions of MYOHEMATIN

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Same as Histohematin.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The pigment present in muscle, which gives it its red color; presumably a derivative of hemoglobin and supposed to have the property of forming a dissociable compound with oxygen. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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