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Haem(medicine)
haem a(medicine)
haem c(medicine)
haem(dictionary)
haem polymerase(medicine)
haem A-farnesyltransferase(medicine)
haem oxygenase (decyclizing)(medicine)
cytochrome C1 haem lyase(medicine)
non-haem iron protein(medicine)

Haem (medicine)


haem


1. <biochemistry> Compounds of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring that differ in side chain composition. Haems are the prosthetic groups of cytochromes and are found in most oxygen carrier proteins.

2. <prefix> haem-, eaning relating to blood.

Origin: G. Haima