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Heme vs Hee - What's the difference?

heme | hee |

As nouns the difference between heme and hee

is that heme is heme / haem while hee is hay.

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 * ----

    hee

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) An expression of laughter

    • Related terms

    * haw * hee-hee

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • * 1667 — Book XI
    • He ended, and the Son gave signal high
    To the bright Minister that watchd, hee blew
    His Trumpet
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