Back-formation fromhemoglobin.
heme (countable anduncountable,pluralhemes)
- (biochemistry) Thecomponent ofhemoglobin (and otherhemoproteins) responsible forbindingoxygen. It consists of anironion that binds oxygen and aporphyrinring that binds theglobinmolecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- 2008, John Greer, John Foerster, George Rodgers, Fixos Paraskevas, Bertil Glader, Daniel Arber, Robert Means Jr,Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology: Volume One: Twelfth Edition, page 141:
- The binding ofoxygen to theiron molecule causes thehemoglobin molecule to undergoconformational changes that affect the binding of oxygen to otherheme sites.
2018, Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth,The Best American Food Writing 2018, Mariner Books,→ISBN, page152:Impossible's breakthrough was in discovering that meat's essence comes fromheme—the iron-rich molecule in blood that carries oxygen and is responsible for the deep-red color.
heme
- at home
Inherited fromOld English-hǣme, related tohām(“home; village, community”).Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
heme (pluralheamen)
- inhabitant,villager
FromOld Englishġehēme.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
heme
- fitting,suitable
heme
- alternative form ofem
heme
- alternative form ofhem(“them”)
heme
- alternative form ofhem(“hem”)
heme
- (dialectal, nonstandard)alternative form ofheime(“at home”)
1949,Alf Prøysen,Dørstokken heme [The Doorstep at Home], Høvik, page14:Og andre gongen han vakner ligg hanheme.- And the other time he wakes, he'sat home.
Fromhe(adverb) +me(pronoun).
- IPA(key): /ˈeme/[ˈe.me]
- Rhymes:-eme
- Syllabification:he‧me
heme
- hereIam
heme
- inflection ofhaber:
- second-personsingularimperative combined withme
- second-personsingular voseoimperative combined withme
