"haem" meaning in English

See haem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hiːm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haem.wav [Southern-England] Forms: haems [plural]
Rhymes: -iːm Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} haem (countable and uncountable, plural haems)
  1. Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for haem meaning in English (2.0kB)

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