ferriprotoporphyrin

noun

A reddish-brown crystalline material, haematin hydrochloride, obtained by treatment of dried blood with salt and acetic acid, that was once used to detect traces of blood.

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Meanings

nounferriprotoporphyrin (plural ferriprotoporphyrins)

plural ferriprotoporphyrins

  1. A reddish-brown crystalline material, haematin hydrochloride, obtained by treatment of dried blood with salt and acetic acid, that was once used to detect traces of blood.
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