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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Haematexylin \H[ae]m`a*tex"y*lin\, n. [See {H[ae]matoxylon}.] (Chem.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, {C16H14O6}, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also {hematin}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hematin \Hem"a*tin\, n. [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] 1. Hematoxylin. 2. (Physiol. Chem.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.
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