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- noun A
disposal product formed from thedigestion ofblood by certainparasites .
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Examples
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Normally, P. falciparum ties together the waste heme to form something called hemozoin, which is harmless.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Normally, P. falciparum ties together the waste heme to form something called hemozoin, which is harmless.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Normally, P. falciparum ties together the waste heme to form something called hemozoin, which is harmless.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Normally, P. falciparum ties together the waste heme to form something called hemozoin, which is harmless.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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It strings some of it in a long, inert molecule called hemozoin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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It strings some of it in a long, inert molecule called hemozoin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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It strings some of it in a long, inert molecule called hemozoin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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It looks at the whites of eyes or through fingernails for the presence of hemozoin, which is produced by the malaria parasite.
Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2010
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Plasmodium species produce a crystal called hemozoin that is generated by detoxification of heme after hemoglobin degradation in infected red blood cells.
Elites TV 2009
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It strings some of the molecules into harmless hemozoin; the rest it processes with enzymes until it can no longer react with the membrane.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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