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Hemin vs Hemina - What's the difference?

hemin | hemina |

As nouns the difference between hemin and hemina

is that hemin is a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride while hemina is (historical|roman antiquity) a measure of half a sextary.

hemin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride

    • Synonyms

    * hematin chloride * protohemin

    hemina

    English

    Noun

    (heminae)
  • (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of half a sextary.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • (medicine) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
    • (Webster 1913)