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Heme has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

2

The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.

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pigment
Rhyming Words
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