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Beme vs Heme - What's the difference?

beme | heme |

As nouns the difference between beme and heme

is that beme is (obsolete) trumpet while heme is heme / haem.

As a verb beme

is (obsolete) to sound a trumpet.

beme

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) beme, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Trumpet.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bemen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (bem)
  • (obsolete) To sound a trumpet.
    • Derived terms
    *

    heme

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haem (British )

    Noun

  • The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen, consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
  • * 2008 , John Greer, John Foerster, George Rodgers, Fixos Paraskevas, Bertil Glader, Daniel Arber, Robert Means Jr, Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology: Volume One: Twelfth Edition , page 141:
    • The binding of oxygen to the iron molecule causes the hemoglobin molecule to undergo conformational changes that affect the binding of oxygen to other heme sites.

    Derived terms

    * diheme * monoheme * multiheme * octaheme * tetraheme * triheme

    See also

    * hemoglobin * bilirubin * red blood cell * ----