Haem
/hiːm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme. countable, uncountable
"Haem is ubiquitous, abundant and necessary for energy metabolism. Most bacteria have a haem biosynthesis pathway, but nevertheless, since haem is a major source of iron (an essential metal), microbes take up exogenous haem to retrieve iron."
- 2 a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds wordnet
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More examples"Haem is ubiquitous, abundant and necessary for energy metabolism. Most bacteria have a haem biosynthesis pathway, but nevertheless, since haem is a major source of iron (an essential metal), microbes take up exogenous haem to retrieve iron."