haemocyaninhemocyaninn.
/hiːməʊˈsʌɪənɪn/ Chemistry.
a. A blue colouring matter which has been found in human blood.
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1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 43 Hæmacyanin, or a blue colouring matter, has been detected by Sanson in healthy blood.
b. A substance containing copper, blue when oxidized and colourless when deoxidized, found normally in the blood of some invertebrates.
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1885 W. Stirling tr. L. Landois Text-bk. Human Physiol. I. 12 In cephalopods and some crabs the blood is blue, owing to the presence of a colouring matter (Hæmocyanin) which contains copper.
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n.1845- tobaccical
- tobacco
- tobacco amaurosis
- tobacco angina
- tobacco bag
- tobacco bait
- tobacco barn
- tobacco baron
- tobacco beetle
- tobacco clay
- tobacco disease
- tobacco dove
- tobacco field
- tobacco fly
- tobacco heart
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- to vanish into the ether
- to vanish into thin air
- to vanish melt into thin air
- to vanish up one's own arse
- to vanish up one's own ass
- to variants all the way to the bank
- to veer and haul
- to veil a nun
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